Antioxidant activity of L-ascorbic acid in wild-type and superoxide dismutase deficient strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Redox Report

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 179-184

  Saffi, Jenifer ^a   Sonego, Luciano ^b   Varela, Queli Defaveri ^b   Salvador, Mirian ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catalase; Paraquat; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Superoxide dismutase; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; PARAQUAT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CYTOSOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HERBICIDES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33749024433     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: 13510002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/135100006X116691     Document Type: Article

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