Dietary supplementation of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) essential oil during the lifetime of the rat: Its effects on the antioxidant status in liver, kidney and heart tissues

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-175

  Youdim, Kuresh A ^a   Deans, Stanley G ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidants; Free radicals; Glutathione peroxidase; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYME OIL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART; KIDNEY; LIFESPAN; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THEORY;

THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032851391     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(99)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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