Effect of L-carnitine on carrageenan-induced inflammation in aged rats

Gerontology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 287-292

  Izgüt Uysal, V Nimet ^a   Aǧaç, Arzu ^a   Derin, Narin ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aging; Carrageenan induced inflammation; Chemotaxis; Phagocytosis; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARRAGEENAN; SUPEROXIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXUDATE; FEEDING; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARNITINE; CARRAGEENAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0041384428     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071709     Document Type: Article

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