Met-enkephalin modulates lipid peroxidation and total sialic acid level in CBA mice in age- and sex-dependent manners

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1413-1421

  Šverko, Višnja ^a   Sobočanec, Sandra ^a   Balog, Tihomir ^a   Marotti, Tatjana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Lipid peroxidation; Methionine enkephalin; Oxidative radicals; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

METENKEPHALIN; SIALIC ACID; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SPLEEN CELL; AGING; ANIMAL; CBA MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA;

AGING; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0036977458     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00118-3     Document Type: Article

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