Ellagic acid: An unusually versatile protector against oxidative stress

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 904-918

  Galano, Annia ^a   Francisco Marquez, Misaela ^b   Pérez González, Adriana ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRUG METABOLITE; ELLAGIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; ISOUROLITHIN A; PEROXY RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROLITHIN A; UROLITHIN B; UROLITHIN C; UROLITHIN D; UROLITHIN E; UROLITHIN M5; UROLITHIN M6; UROLITHIN M7; SCAVENGER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DEPROTONATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PREDICTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS;

ELLAGIC ACID; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84901036288     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx500065y     Document Type: Article

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