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List of works by Iris F. Benzie

"Antioxidant" (reducing) efficiency of ascorbate in plasma is not affected by concentration

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

A buccal cell model comet assay: development and evaluation for human biomonitoring and nutritional studies

scientific article published on 8 August 2005

A study of the effect of oral glucose loading on plasma oxidant:antioxidant balance in normal subjects.

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Acute hyperglycemia and oxidative stress: direct cause and effect?

scientific article published on 15 December 2007

An automated, specific, spectrophotometric method for measuring ascorbic acid in plasma (EFTSA)

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

Antioxidant content and ultraviolet absorption characteristics of human tears

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Antioxidant power of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in vitro.

scientific article published on February 1998

Antioxidant protection of edible oils.

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Antioxidants in Fruits and Vegetables: a Study of Cellular Availability and Direct Effects on Human DNA

scientific article published on 07 October 2006

Antioxidants in food: content, measurement, significance, action, cautions, caveats, and research needs

scientific article published on January 2014

Antioxidants in tears and plasma: Inter-relationships and effect of vitamin C supplementation.

scientific article published in July 2003

Colour additives in snack foods consumed by primary school children in Hong Kong

scientific article published in January 2010

Comparison between phytoestrogens and estradiol in the prevention of atheroma in ovariectomized cholesterol-fed rabbits

scientific article published in December 2006

Comparison of catechin profiles in human plasma and urine after single dosing and regular intake of green tea (Camellia sinensis)

scientific article published on October 30, 2012

Cryopreservation and Storage Effects on Cell Numbers and DNA Damage in Human Lymphocytes

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

DNA protective effect of ginseng and the antagonistic effect of Chinese turnip: a preliminary study

scientific article published in June 2011

Desacyl ghrelin prevents doxorubicin-induced myocardial fibrosis and apoptosis via the GHSR-independent pathway.

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Dry eye and blink rate simulation with a pig eye model

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Effect of Ganoderma lucidum on human DNA is dose dependent and mediated by hydrogen peroxide.

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Effect of vitamin C supplementation on concentrations of vitamins C and E in fasting plasma

scientific article published in September 1999

Effects of 1-year yoga on cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged and older adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized trial.

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

Effects of a long-term vegetarian diet on biomarkers of antioxidant status and cardiovascular disease risk

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Effects of dietary antioxidants on human DNA ex vivo.

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Effects of incense smoke on human lymphocyte DNA.

scientific article published in January 2009

Effects of single dose and regular intake of green tea (Camellia sinensis) on DNA damage, DNA repair, and heme oxygenase-1 expression in a randomized controlled human supplementation study.

scientific article published on 28 February 2014

Enhanced bioavailability of zeaxanthin in a milk-based formulation of wolfberry (Gou Qi Zi; Fructus barbarum L.).

scientific article published in July 2006

Experiencing SARS: perspectives of the elderly residents and health care professionals in a Hong Kong nursing home

scientific article published in September 2003

Fasting plasma zeaxanthin response to Fructus barbarum L. (wolfberry; Kei Tze) in a food-based human supplementation trial.

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Ferric reducing/antioxidant power assay: direct measure of total antioxidant activity of biological fluids and modified version for simultaneous measurement of total antioxidant power and ascorbic acid concentration

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Ganoderma lucidum ("Lingzhi"), a Chinese medicinal mushroom: biomarker responses in a controlled human supplementation study

scientific article published in February 2004

Ganoderma lucidum ('Lingzhi'); acute and short-term biomarker response to supplementation.

scientific article published in February 2004

Genoprotection and genotoxicity of green tea (Camellia sinensis): Are they two sides of the same redox coin?

scientific article published in January 2013

Genoprotective effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) in human subjects: results of a controlled supplementation trial

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Habitual exercise increases resistance of lymphocytes to oxidant-induced DNA damage by upregulating expression of antioxidant and DNA repairing enzymes

scientific journal article

Heme oxygenase microsatellite polymorphism, oxidative stress, glycemic control, and complication development in type 2 diabetes patients

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Hydrogen peroxide in urine as a potential biomarker of whole body oxidative stress

scientific article published in November 2003

Increasing the antioxidant content of food: a personal view on whether this is possible or desirable

scientific article published on 04 October 2011

Inter-relationships between DNA damage, ascorbic acid and glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published in October 2005

Interference of Hb-H disease in automated reticulocyte counting

scientific article published in August 1999

Investigation of corneal effect of different types of artificial tears in a simulated dry eye condition using a novel porcine dry eye model (pDEM).

scientific article published in December 2006

Is ascorbate in human tears from corneal leakage or from lacrimal secretion?

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Is the inter-patient coincidence of a subclinical disorder related to EHR similarity?

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Is the yin-yang nature of Chinese herbal medicine equivalent to antioxidation-oxidation?

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

L-DOPA oxidation products prevent H2O2-induced oxidative damage to cellular DNA

scientific article published on 01 November 2002

Muscle apoptosis is induced in pressure-induced deep tissue injury.

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Opposing responses of apoptosis and autophagy to moderate compression in skeletal muscle.

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Optimized noninvasive procedures to measure DNA damage in comet assay

scientific article published on 31 May 2012

Pain relief strategies used by older people with chronic pain: an exploratory survey for planning patient-centred intervention.

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Photoprotective potential of Cordyceps polysaccharides against ultraviolet B radiation-induced DNA damage to human skin cells.

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

Plasma allantoin measurement by isocratic liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry: method evaluation and application in oxidative stress biomonitoring.

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Probe-assisted flow cytometric analysis of erythrocyte membrane response to site-specific oxidant stress

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Protective effect of caspase inhibition on compression-induced muscle damage

scientific journal article

Reflex tear ascorbate in Hong Kong Chinese subjects: method comparison and biological variation.

scientific article published in September 2003

Safety and efficacy of Ganoderma lucidum (lingzhi) and San Miao San supplementation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot trial

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Study of potential cardioprotective effects of Ganoderma lucidum (Lingzhi): results of a controlled human intervention trial

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Synthetic colourings of some snack foods consumed by primary school children aged 8-9 years in Hong Kong.

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The comet assay as a tool for human biomonitoring studies: the ComNet project.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

The effect of ascorbic acid on the measurement of total cholesterol and triglycerides: possible artefactual lowering in individuals with high plasma concentration of ascorbic acid

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

The ferric reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) as a measure of "antioxidant power": the FRAP assay

scientific article (publication date: 15 July 1996)

Total Antioxidant Capacity of Teas by the Ferric Reducing/Antioxidant Power Assay

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Total antioxidant and ascorbic acid content of fresh fruits and vegetables: implications for dietary planning and food preservation.

scientific article published on January 2002

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and its renal complications in relation to apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism.

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Viability of porcine corneal epithelium ex vivo and effect of exposure to air: a pilot study for a dry eye model

scientific article published in October 2004

Vitamin D and oxidation-induced DNA damage: is there a connection?

scientific article published on 8 July 2016

Vitamin D deficiency, oxidative stress and antioxidant status: only weak association seen in the absence of advanced age, obesity or pre-existing disease.

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Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults in Hong Kong: associations and implications.

scientific article published in January 2018

Vitamins C and E: acute interactive effects on biomarkers of antioxidant defence and oxidative stress.

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