Carnitine and lipoate ameliorates lipofuscin accumulation and monoamine oxidase activity in aged rat heart

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-65

  Savitha, Sethumadhavan ^a   Naveen, Balasubramanian ^b   Panneerselvam, Chinnakannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aging; Carnitine; Lipofuscin; Lipoic acid; Monoamine oxidase

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CARNITINE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOFUSCIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; THIOCTIC ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARNITINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 34848882789     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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