L-carnitine influence on oxidative stress induced by hind limb unloading in adult rats

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 554-556

  Chowdhury, Parimal ^a   Soulsby, Michael ^a   Kim, Kyongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hind limb suspension; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative stress; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARNITINE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SPACE FLIGHT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CARNITINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPACE FLIGHT; VITAMINS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249869320     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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