Alpha-lipoic acid as a biological antioxidant

Free Radical Biology and Medicine - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 227-250 - 1995
Lester Packer1, E Witt2, Hans Tritschler3
1Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720 USA
2Membrane Bioenergetics Group and Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
3Asta Medica, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

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