Metabolic Effects of γ-Linolenic Acid-α-Lipoic Acid Conjugate in Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-535

  Khamaisi, Mogher ^a   Rudich, Assaf ^a   Beeri, Ido ^a   Pessler, Dorit ^a   Friger, Michael ^a   Gavrilov, Vladimir ^a   Tritschler, Hans ^b   Bashan, Nava ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ASTA MEDICA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANTIOXIDANT; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; RNA; SLC2A4 PROTEIN, RAT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOCTIC ACID; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; INSULIN; LIVER; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 0033301901     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.1999.1.4-523     Document Type: Article

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