Carnitine as a free radical scavenger in aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1713-1726

  Juliet Arockia Rani, P ^a   Panneerselvam, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Brain; L carnitine; Lipofuscin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPOFUSCIN; SCAVENGER;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; CARNITINE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0034769470     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(01)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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