Chapter 3 Carnosine and Its Possible Roles in Nutrition and Health

Advances in Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2009, Pages 87-154

  Hipkiss, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Anticonvulsants; Caloric restriction; Carnosine; Deamidation; Diabetes; Glycation; Homocarnosine; Methylglyoxal (MG); NAD; Neurodegeneration; Protein aging; Protein isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT); Proteolysis; Reactive nitrogen species (RNS); Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Sirtuins; Transglutaminase; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE; SCAVENGER;

AGING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARNOSINE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 67649877903     PISSN: 10434526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1043-4526(09)57003-9     Document Type: Review

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