Evidence for the influence of vitamin C on age- and heat exposure-dependent deterioration of biochemical function in rat's liver and kidney

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 431-436

  Mladenov, Mitko ^a,c   Tanska, Vase ^a   Vitkovska, Tanja ^a   Gjorgoski, Icko ^a   Dinevska Kofkarovska, Suzana ^a   Stafilov, Trajce ^b   Hristov, Kiril ^c   Duridanova, Desislava ^c  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aging; Heat exposure; Kidney; Liver; Rats; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; LEUKOTRIENE C4; METHYLGLYOXAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 56549093965     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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