Aging research in India

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 597-603

  Ashok, Badithe T ^a   Ali, Rashid ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Ayurveda; DNA damage; Free radicals; India

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0037904396     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(03)00089-5     Document Type: Review

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