Coenzyme Q10 can prolong C. elegans lifespan by lowering oxidative stress

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Ishii, Naoaki ^a   Senoo Matsuda, Nanami ^a   Miyake, Kohichiro ^b   Yasuda, Kayo ^a   Ishii, Takamasa ^a   Hartman, Philip S ^c   Furukawa, Satoru ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; C. elegans; Coenzyme Q10; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; C 9538; CYTOCHROME B; SUPEROXIDE; UBIDECARENONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UBIQUINONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDES; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 0345791463     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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