title: Reduced pterins as scavengers for reactive oxygen species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0652.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002374:Catalase / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D004093:Dihydropteridine Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D016716:PC12 Cells; D051381:Rats; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D013481:Superoxides; D001708:Biopterins; C017226:7,8-dihydrobiopterin; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D002374:Catalase; D004093:Dihydropteridine Reductase; C003402:sapropterin