Urate protects a blood-sucking insect against hemin-induced oxidative stress

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 209-214

  Souza, Aurélio Vicente G ^a   Petretski, Jorge Hudson ^b   Demasi, Marilene ^c   Bechara, E J H ^c   Oliveira, Pedro L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Esc Tecnica Federal de Quimica RJ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Antioxidant; Free radicals; Hematophagy; Heme; Lipid peroxidation; Rhodnius prolixus; Urate

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; HEMIN; URATE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; SCAVENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HEMOLYMPH; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALIA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEME; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT VECTORS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHODNIUS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; URIC ACID;

EID: 0030641205     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00293-6     Document Type: Article

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