Can bird carotenoids play an antioxidant role oxidizing other substances?

Ardeola

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Martínez, Ana ^a   Rodríguez GIRONÉS, Miguel A ^b   Barbosa, Andrés ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Electron transfer; Oxidative stress; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 78149279442     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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