Carnosine and neocuproine as neutralizing agents for copper overload-induced damages in cultured human cells

Copper is dangerous when it is present in excess, mainly because it can participate in the Fenton reaction, which produces radical species. As a consequence of copper pollution, people are involuntarily exposed to a copper overload under sub-clinical and sub-symptomatological conditions, which may b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemico-biological interactions 2011-07, Vol.192 (3), p.257-263
Hauptverfasser: Arnal, Nathalie, de Alaniz, María J.T., Marra, Carlos A.
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