Protection of plasmid pBR322 DNA by flav
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Thomas P.A. Devasagayam; Mayilvahanan Subramanian; B.B. Singh; R. Ramanathan; Na
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Article
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1995
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Flavonoids, the dominant colouring pigments of plants, as well as the related polyphenol tannic acid significantly inhibit single-strand breaks in plasmid pBR322 DNA induced by singlet molecular oxygen ((1)O2). This reactive species of oxygen was generated in an aqueous buffer system by the thermal