Mechanisms of aging: An appraisal of the oxidative stress hypothesis

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 575-586

  Sohal, Rajindar S ^a   Mockett, Robin J ^a   Orr, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Free radicals; Oxidative stress; Rate of living theory; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INSULIN; LIPID; RECOMBINASE; SELENIUM; SOMATOMEDIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEXAPODA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036710886     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)00886-9     Document Type: Article

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