Quantification of antioxidant activity in brain tissue homogenates using the 'total equivalent antioxidant capacity'

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Shea, Thomas B ^a,b   Rogers, Eugene ^a   Ashline, David ^a   Ortiz, Daniela ^a   Sheu, Min Shyan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c AST Products Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; TEAC assay

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GLUTATHIONE; IRON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DIETARY INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037902114     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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