Mitochondrial decay in aging. Reversal through supplementation of acetyl-L-carnitine and N-tert-butyl-α-phenyl-nitrone

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 854, Issue , 1998, Pages 214-223

  Hagen, Tory M ^b   Wehr, Carol M ^a   Ames, Bruce N ^a  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; DRINKING WATER; LEVACECARNINE; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; OXIDIZING AGENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIVER CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032423379     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09904.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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