The effect of weak 50 Hz magnetic fields on the number of free oxygen radicals in rat lymphocytes in vitro

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 607-612

  Zmyslony, Marek ^a   Rajkowska, Elzbieta ^a   Mamrot, Pawel ^a   Politanski, Piotr ^a   Jajte, Jolanta ^b  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

ELF magnetic field; Fluorescent probe; Iron ions; Radical pairs; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; LYMPHOCYTES; METAL IONS; OXYGEN; PROBES; RATS;

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENT PROBES; FREE OXYGEN; IRON IONS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; OXYGEN RADICAL; RADICAL PAIR; RADICAL PAIR MECHANISM; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; IRON; METAL; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FLUOROMETRY; FLUX DENSITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL PAIR MECHANISM; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 9244225690     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20045     Document Type: Article

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