A Diet Enriched in α-Lipoic Acid Reverses the Age-Related Compromise in Antioxidant Defences in Rat Cortical Tissue

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-206

  Martin, D S D ^a   Towey, M ^a   Horrobin, D F ^b   Lynch, M A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Laxdale Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidant defences; Diet; Interleukin 1 ; Reactive oxygen species; Lipoic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000881233     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.2000.11747316     Document Type: Article

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