Direct correlation of glutathione and ascorbate and their dependence on age and season in human lymphocytes

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1194-1200

  Lenton, Kevin J ^b   Therriault, Hélène ^b   Cantin, André M ^b   Fülöp, Tamàs ^b   Payette, Hélène ^b   Wagner, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Cancer; Elderly; Glutathione; Lymphocytes; Micronutrients; Reactive oxygen species; Season; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0034100421     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.5.1194     Document Type: Article

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