Total antioxidant status at high altitude in lowlanders and native highlanders: Role of uric acid

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-270

  Sinha, Sanchari ^a   Singh, Som Nath ^a   Ray, Uday Sankar ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

High altitude; Highlanders; Lowlanders; Oxidative stress; Total antioxidant status; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; HYDROPEROXIDE; URATE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; URIC ACID;

EID: 68349139786     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1082     Document Type: Article

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