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Black tea prevents cigarette smoke-induced apoptosis and lung damage

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung damage. One prominent deleterious effect of cigarette smoke is oxidative stress. Oxidative stress may lead to apoptosis and lung injury. Since black tea has antioxidant property, we examined the preventive effect of black tea on cigarette smoke-...

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Autores principales: Banerjee, Shuvojit, Maity, Palas, Mukherjee, Subhendu, Sil, Alok K, Panda, Koustubh, Chattopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti, Chatterjee, Indu B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1802835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17300721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-4-3