Antioxidant property of metallothionein in fasted mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-306

  Kondoh, M ^a,b   Kamada, K ^a   Kuronaga, M ^a   Higashimoto, M ^a   Takiguchi, M ^a   Watanabe, Y ^b   Sato, M ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Fasting stress; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0038121661     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(03)00195-4     Document Type: Article

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