Enalapril and captopril enhance antioxidant defenses in mouse tissues

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  De Cavanagh, Elena M V ^a   Fraga, César G ^a   Feeder, León ^b   Inserra, Felipe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Argentine Hebrew University Bar Ilan   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

aging; angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; hypertension; oxygen radicals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAPTOPRIL; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; ENALAPRILAT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LISINOPRIL; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SELENIUM; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; LIPID OXIDATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0030899804     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.2.r514     Document Type: Article

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