Mitochondrial decay, a major cause of aging, can be delayed

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-121

  Ames, Bruce N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyl carnitine; And aging; Biotin deficiency; Copper deficiency; Heme deficiency; High dose b vitamin; Lipoic acid; Minerals; Pantothenic acid; Reversing genetic disease; Vitamin; Vitamin B6; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CARNITINE; COPPER; HEME DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; THIOCTIC ACID; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

AGING; CELL METABOLISM; COGNITION; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MINERAL BALANCE; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2342432760     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2004-6202     Document Type: Review

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