title: Biological significance of active oxygen species: in vitro studies on singlet oxygen-induced DNA damage and on the singlet oxygen quenching ability of carotenoids, tocopherols and thiols.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, University of Düsseldorf, West Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Mascio
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Devasagayam
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004249:DNA Damage; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D014170:Transformation, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014810:Vitamin E; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D002338:Carotenoids; D010100:Oxygen