Thiocyanate: A potentially useful therapeutic agent with host defense and antioxidant properties

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1381-1387

  Chandler, Joshua D ^a,c   Day, Brian J ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Hypochlorite; Hypothiocyanite; Lactoperoxidase; Myeloperoxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868456659     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.07.029     Document Type: Note

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