Effects of levocarnitine on mitochondrial antioxidant systems and oxidative stress in aged rats

Drugs in R and D

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-147

  Kumaran, Sundaram ^a   Deepak, Balasubramanium ^b   Naveen, Balasubramanium ^b   Panneerselvam, Chinnakkannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; CATALASE; FATTY ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOCOPHEROL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037626727     PISSN: 11745886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00126839-200304030-00001     Document Type: Article

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