Effect of whole body cold stress on glutathione metabolism in young and old mice

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Teramoto, Shinji ^a   Uejima, Yasuhide ^b   Kitahara, Shigehisa ^b   Ito, Hideki ^c   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIJIN LTD   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Cold stress; Glutathione; Glutathione disulfide; Senescence accelerated mouse (SAM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031667113     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.24.69     Document Type: Article

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