Ovothiol and trypanothione as antioxidants in trypanosomatids

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-198

  Ariyanayagam, Mark R ^a   Fairlamb, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Ovothiol; Oxidant stress; Peroxidase; Trypanosomatid; Trypanothione

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONYLSPERMIDINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OVOTHIOL A; OVOTHIOL DISULFIDE; OVOTHIOL REDUCATASE; PEROXIDASE; SCAVENGER; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE; TRYPANOTHIONE PEROXIDASE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL METABOLISM; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST; KIDNEY CELL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLHISTIDINES; MICE; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; RATS; SPERMIDINE; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EID: 0035400398     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00285-7     Document Type: Article

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