Physiological oxidative stress model: Syrian hamster Harderian gland - Sex differences in antioxidant enzymes

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 785-792

  Coto Montes, Ana ^a   Boga, José Antonio ^a   Tomás Zapico, Cristina ^a   Rodríguez Colunga, María Josefa ^a   Martínez Fraga, Jorge ^a   Tolivia Cadrecha, Delio ^a   Menéndez, Gloria ^a   Hardeland, Rüdiger ^b   Tolivia, Delio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Institute for Zoology and Anthropology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Catalase; Circadian rhythm; Free radicals; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione reductase; Hamster; Harderian gland; Porphyria; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0035313792     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(01)00468-3     Document Type: Article

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