Mitochondria, oxidative stress, and antioxidant defences

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Lenaz, Giorgio ^a,b   Bovina, Carla ^a   Formiggini, Gabriella ^a   Castelli, Giovanna Parenti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Biochim Giovanni Moruzzi   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Coenzyme Q; Lactate production; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Platelets

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; UBIQUINONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0032602952     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1999_4179     Document Type: Review

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