Beneficial effects of natural antioxidants EGCG and α-lipoic acid on life span and age-dependent behavioral declines in Caenorhabditis elegans

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 620-628

  Brown, Marishka K ^a   Evans, Joseph L ^b   Luo, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b Medical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

lipoic acid; Aging; Animal behaviors; Antioxidants; EGCG

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; THIOCTIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHARYNGEAL PUMPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

AGING; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATECHIN; CHEMOTAXIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHARYNX; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33846206505     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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