Oxidative stress and mitochondrial DNA mutations in human aging

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-63

  Wei, Yau Huei ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542505678     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-217-44205     Document Type: Short Survey

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