Evolutionary significance of vitamin C biosynthesis in terrestrial vertebrates

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1047-1054

  Nandi, Anuradha ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Chinmay K ^a   Ghosh, Mrinal K ^a   Chattopadhyay, Dhruba J ^a   Chatterjee, Indu B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Evolution; L gulonolactone Oxidase; Oxygen toxicity; Superoxide Dismutase; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAMMAL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN BREATHING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPTILE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA; SUS SCROFA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031049040     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00491-1     Document Type: Article

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