Aging-related changes in the thiol/disulfide redox state: Implications for the use of thiol antioxidants

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1333-1345

  Dröge, Wulf ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid homeostasis and aging; Cysteine homeostasis and aging; Protein synthesis and aging; Redox state and aging; Thiol disulfide redox state

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOL; THIOL ANTIOXIDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FREE RADICAL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AGING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL LEVEL; GENETICS; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISULFIDES; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036977353     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00175-4     Document Type: Review

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