Effects of the antioxidant (6,7-dihydroxycoumarin) esculetin on the glutathione system and lipid peroxidation in mice

Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-25

  Martín Aragón, Sagrario ^a   Benedí, Juana M ^a   Villar, Angel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant defense; Esculetin; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; ESCULETIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1842292174     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021978     Document Type: Article

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