The rate of free radical production as a determinant of the rate of aging: Evidence from the comparative approach

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-158

  Perez Campo, R ^a   Lopez Torres M ^a   Cadenas, S ^a   Rojas, C ^a   Barja, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Free radical production Antioxidants; Maximum longevity; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VERTEBRATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; EVOLUTION; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 1542563727     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050131     Document Type: Short Survey

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