Porphyric enzymes in hamster Harderian gland, a model of damage by porphyrins and their precursors. A chronobiological study on the role of sex differences

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-149

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Free radicals; Hamster; Harderian gland; Porphobilinogen; Porphyria; Porphyrin synthesis; Uroporphyrin; Aminolevulinic acid

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; METABOLITE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORPHYRIA; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0035897112     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(00)00320-3     Document Type: Article

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