Age-related changes in antioxidant enzymes and prooxidant generation in tissues of the rat with special reference to parameters in two insect species

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 495-500

  Sohal, Rajindar S ^a   Arnold, Lauren A ^a   Sohal, Barbara H ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Oxygen free radicals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HEART; INSECT; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FREE RADICALS; HOUSEFLIES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEX MATURATION; SUPEROXIDES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0025640126     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(90)90127-5     Document Type: Article

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