Glutathione recycling and antioxidant enzyme activities in erythrocytes of term and preterm newborns at birth

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 188-194

  Frosali, Simona ^a   Di Simplicio, Paolo ^a   Perrone, Serafina ^a   Di Giuseppe, Danila ^a   Longini, Mariangela ^a   Tanganelli, Donatella ^a   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defenses, erythrocytes; Glutathione recycling; Newborn infant, erythrocytes; Red blood cell redox potential

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ENZYME; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEXOKINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CATALASE; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEXOKINASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1842456791     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075814     Document Type: Article

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