Pharmacological modifications of endogenous antioxidant enzymes with special reference to the effects of deprenyl: A possible antioxidant strategy

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 211-221

  Kitani, Kenichi ^a   Kanai, Setsuko ^b   Ivy, Gwen O ^c   Carrillo, Maria Cristina ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Deprenyl; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLORO 4 NITROBENZENE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; SELEGILINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; URSOLIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CATS; CRICETINAE; DOGS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; NITROBENZENES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SELEGILINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENES; UP-REGULATION; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRICETINAE; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; FELIS CATUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0032700269     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(99)00065-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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