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Inhibition of oxidative DNA damage, 8-OHdG, and carbonyl contents in smokers treated with antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C, β-carotene and red ginseng) / Byung Mu Lee ; Seung Ki Lee ; Hyung Sik Kim 1
Abstract 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Materials and methods 2
2.1. Chemicals 2
2.2. Study population 2
2.3. Blood and urine collection 3
2.4. Analysis of cotinine 3
2.5. Plasma antioxidants levels 4
2.6. DNA isolation from peripheral blood 4
2.7. Determination of 8-OHdG 4
2.8. Protein oxidation 4
2.9. Statistical analysis 5
3. Results 6
3.1. Urinary and plasma cotinine analysis 6
3.2. Analysis of plasma antioxidants 6
3.3. Oxidative DNA damage 6
3.4. Protein oxidation 6
4. Discussion 6
References 8