[Effect of antioxidants on the proliferation of human diploid cells at various phases of the culture growth].

Some antioxidants (2-ethyl-6-methyl-3-hydroxypyridine chlorhydrate and some of its derivatives and 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol) have been shown to stimulate proliferation of young and old diploid cell at all phases of culture growth (lag and stationary phases). It is supposed that the mechanism of this effect may depend on stimulation of dreaming cell to division.