Decreased plasma and tissue levels of vitamin C in a rat model of aging: Implications for antioxidative defense

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 483-487

  Van Der Loo, Bernd ^a   Bachschmid, Markus ^b   Spitzer, Volker ^c   Brey, Lena ^b   Ullrich, Volker ^b   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LIPID; MALONALDEHYDE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENESCENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346665823     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00360-7     Document Type: Article

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