Low molecular weight antioxidants released from the skin's epidermal layers: An age dependent phenomenon in the rat

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Kohen, Ron ^a   Oron, Miriam ^a   Zelkowicz, Abraham ^a   Kanevsky, Ester ^a   Farfouri, Sharon ^b   Wormser, Uri ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Cyclic voltammetry; Free radicals; Non invasive; Reactive oxygen species; Skin; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0346687714     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2003.09.022     Document Type: Article

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