Ghrelin promotes antioxidant enzyme activity and reduces lipid peroxidation in the rat ovary

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 162, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 84-89

  Kheradmand, Arash ^a,b   Alirezaei, Masoud ^a   Birjandi, Mahdi ^b  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Ghrelin; Lipid peroxidation; Ovary; Rat

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GHRELIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; FEMALE; GHRELIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OVARY; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77952668613     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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