The exceptional longevity of an egg-laying mammal, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is associated with peroxidation-resistant membrane composition

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 729-733

  Hulbert, A J ^a   Beard, Lyn A ^b   Grigg, Gordon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Lipid peroxidation; Longevity; Maximum lifespan; Membrane lipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CELL MEMBRANE; ECHIDNA; EGG LAYING; EXTRACTION; LIFESPAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ECHIDNA; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSIDAE; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 47749100390     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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