Oxidant defense systems in testes from zinc-deficient rats

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Oteiza, Patricia L ^a   Olin, Katherine L ^b   Fraga, Cesar G ^a   Keen, Carl L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029782292     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-213-44040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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