Dynamic aspects of ascorbic acid metabolism in the circulation: Analysis by ascorbate oxidase with a prolonged in vivo half-life

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 421, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-299

  Kasahara, Emiko ^a   Kashiba, Misato ^b   Jikumaru, Mika ^a   Kuratsune, Daisuke ^a   Orita, Kumi ^a   Yamate, Yurika ^a   Hara, Kenjiro ^a   Sekiyama, Atsuo ^a   Sato, Eisuke F ^a   Inoue, Masayasu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbate oxidase; Ascorbic acid; Glutathione; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACIDS; BLOOD SAMPLES; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DYNAMIC ASPECTS; GLUTATHIONE; HIGH DOSE; IN-VIVO; L-ASCORBIC ACID; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MODIFIED ENZYMES; OSTEOGENIC; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SULFOXIMINE;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; HISTOLOGY; KETONES; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RATS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGENERATION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TISSUE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GLUTATHIONE; HALF-LIFE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 67650914859     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090286     Document Type: Article

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