Long-term ethanol administration enhances age-dependent modulation of redox state in brain and peripheral organs of rat: Protection by acetyl carnitine

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 89-96

  Scapagnini, G ^a   Ravagna, A ^b   Bella, R ^c   Colombrita, C ^a,b   Pennisi, G ^c   Calvani, M ^d   Alkon, D ^a   Calabrese, Vittorio ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; ALCOHOL; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LEVACECARNINE; THIOL;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ETHANOL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036919584     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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