An allometric study of fatty acids and sensitivity to lipid peroxidation of brain microsomes and mitochondria isolated from different bird species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-365

  Gutierrez A M ^a   Reboredo, G R ^a   Mosca, S M ^a   Catala A ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Allometry; Birds; Brain; Fatty acids; Lipid peroxidation; Microsomes; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAIN MICROSOME; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOOSE; LIFESPAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MANON; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; QUAIL;

ANSER; AVES; COLUMBA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 44749083754     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.597     Document Type: Article

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