Critical evaluation of the free radical theory of aging: A proposal for the oxidative stress hypothesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 786, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-11

  Yu, Byung Pal ^a   Yang, Ryung ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE;

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET RESTRICTION; METABOLIC RATE; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0029785583     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb39047.x     Document Type: Review

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