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A Simple Bioassay for Antioxidants Based on Protection of Tetrahymena pyriformis from the Photodynamic Toxicity of Benzo(a)Pyrene

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  1. From the Laboratories of Carcinogenesis and Histology, The Children's Cancer Research Foundation,

    SAMUEL S. EPSTEIN, INNA B. SAPOROSCHETZ, MYRA SMALL, WELDON PARK & NATHAN MANTEL

  2. the Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, at the Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    SAMUEL S. EPSTEIN, INNA B. SAPOROSCHETZ, MYRA SMALL, WELDON PARK & NATHAN MANTEL

  3. the Biometry Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    SAMUEL S. EPSTEIN, INNA B. SAPOROSCHETZ, MYRA SMALL, WELDON PARK & NATHAN MANTEL

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EPSTEIN, S., SAPOROSCHETZ, I., SMALL, M. et al. A Simple Bioassay for Antioxidants Based on Protection of Tetrahymena pyriformis from the Photodynamic Toxicity of Benzo(a)Pyrene. Nature 208, 655–658 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208655a0

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