Oxidative damage and anti-oxidant capacity in two migratory bird species at a stop-over site

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-371

  Costantini, David ^a,b   Cardinale, Massimiliano ^c   Carere, Claudio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Institute for Marine Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant capacity; Barn swallow; Flight; Free radicals; Garden warbler; Migration; Oxidative stress; ROMs

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLYING; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; SWALLOW (BIRD); SYLVIA BORIN;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 33846620482     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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