Improvement of glutathione and total antioxidant status with yoga

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1085-1090

  Sinha, Sanchari ^a   Singh, Som Nath ^a   Monga, Y P ^b   Ray, Uday Sankar ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b Indian Naval Hospital Services Asvini   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOGA;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDITATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOGA;

EID: 37649000757     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0567     Document Type: Article

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