Carotenoids in evolutionary ecology: Re-evaluating the antioxidant role

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1116-1126

  Pérez Rodríguez, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Honest signaling; Immune response; Ornaments; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxigen species

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TAXONOMY; UPREGULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAROTENOIDS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM PROCESSES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 70349524976     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900070     Document Type: Article

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