Effect of flavoring chemicals on free radical formation in electronic cigarette aerosols

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2018, Pages 72-79

  Bitzer, Zachary T ^a   Goel, Reema ^b   Reilly, Samantha M ^b   Elias, Ryan J ^a   Silakov, Alexey ^c   Foulds, Jonathan ^b   Muscat, Joshua ^b   Richie, John P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E cig; E cigarettes; Electronic cigarette; Flavorants; Flavors; Free radicals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BETA DAMASCONE; CITRAL; DELTA TETRADECALACTONE; ETHYLMALTOL; ETHYLVANILLIN; FLAVORING AGENT; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA DECALACTONE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; PIPERONAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; LIPID OXIDATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOLS; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FLAVORING AGENTS; FREE RADICALS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENTS;

EID: 85044170146     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.03.020     Document Type: Article

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