Protein oxidation of a hair sample kept in Alaskan ice for 800-1000 years

Free Radical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 457-462

  Lubec, Gert ^a   Zimmerman, Michael R ^b   Teschler Nicola, Maria ^a   Stocchi, Vilberto ^c   Aufderheide, Arthur C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan mummy; Amino acids; Carboxymethyllysine,; Copts; Cysteic acid; Di tyrosine; Glycoxidation; Hair; O tyrosine; Protein oxidation

Indexed keywords

6 N CARBOXYMETHYLLYSINE; CYSTEIC ACID; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OXIDATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030997776     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769709084482     Document Type: Article

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