title: Beta-carotene and disease: a suggested pro-oxidant and anti-oxidant mechanism and speculations concerning its role in cigarette smoking.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Keele University, Staffs, UK.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Truscott
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011675:Pulse Radiolysis; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D019207:beta Carotene / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D019207:beta Carotene