Antioxidant capacity decreases during growth but not aging in rat serum and brain

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-37

  Cao, Guohua ^a,b   Giovanoni, Mary ^b   Prior, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant capacity; Brain cortex; Cerebellum; Growth; Serum

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BRAIN EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN GROWTH; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SERUM;

EID: 0030062930     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(95)00674-5     Document Type: Article

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