Comparison between the antioxidant status of terrestrial and diving mammals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 885-892

  Wilhelm Filho, D ^a   Sell, F ^a   Ribeiro, L ^a   Ghislandi, M ^a   Carrasquedo, F ^b   Fraga, C G ^b   Wallauer, J P ^c   Simoes Lopes P C ^a   Uhart, M M ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Brasileiro Do Mio Ambiente (IBAMA)   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Antioxidants; Diving mammals; Diving response; Ischemia reperfusion; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DAMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HIBERNATION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; REOXYGENATION; THAWING; ANIMAL; APNEA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; METABOLISM; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; TRICHECHUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APNEA; CATALASE; DIVING; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEALS, EARLESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TRICHECHUS;

EID: 0036849826     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00253-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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