Environmental induction models for the investigation of activity: Changes in glutathione peroxidase, a crucial factor of the antioxidant defence

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-124

  Erdélyi, Márta ^a   Mezes M ^a   Virág, Györgyi ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Inst Small Anim Breed and Nutr   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Environmental induction models; Glutathione depletion oxygen free radicals; Glutathione peroxidase; Malondialdehyde; Peroxide load; Prooxidant effect; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; RABBITS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SELENIUM;

EID: 0035757063     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.88.2001.2.3     Document Type: Article

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