Relationship between susceptibility to protein oxidation, aging, and maximum life span potential of different species

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-372

  Agarwal, Sanjiv ^a   Sohal, R S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; antioxidants; free radicals; oxidative stress; protein oxidation; radiation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LIFESPAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE;

EID: 0029893851     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(95)02039-X     Document Type: Article

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