Nrf2 activation as target to implement therapeutic treatments

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Bocci, Velio ^a   Valacchi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Calorie restriction; Oxidative stress; Ozone; Pathologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969195369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2015.00004     Document Type: Review

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