Short-term supplementation with acetyl-l-carnitine and lipoic acid alters plasma protein carbonyl levels but does not improve cognition in aged beagles

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 752-759

  Christie, Lori Ann ^a   Opii, Wycliffe O ^a   Head, Elizabeth ^b   Araujo, Joseph A ^c   de Rivera, Christina ^c,d   Milgram, Norton W ^c   Cotman, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CanCog Technologies Incorporated   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetyl l carnitine; Canine; Lipoic acid; Oxidative damage; Protein carbonyls; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LEVACECARNINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOG; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGING; AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THIOCTIC ACID;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70449705892     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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