Mechanism underlying the antioxidant activity of taurine: prevention of mitochondrial oxidant production

Amino Acids - Tập 42 Số 6 - Trang 2223-2232 - 2012
Chian Ju Jong1, Junichi Azuma2, Stephen Schaffer1
1Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
2Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan

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