High activity antioxidant enzymes protect flying-fox haemoglobin against damage: An evolutionary adaptation for flight?

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 729-737

  Reinke, N B ^a   O'Brien, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chiroptera; Oxidative stress; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLYING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CHIROPTERA; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; ERYTHROCYTES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; SHEEP; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PTEROPODIDAE;

EID: 33750079239     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0094-7     Document Type: Article

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