A biochemical study on the level of proteins and their percentage of nitration in the hair and nail of autistic children

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1036-1042

  Lakshmi Priya, Malarveni Damodaran ^a   Geetha, Arumugam ^a  

^a BHARATHI WOMEN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Autism; High sulfur proteins (HS); Keratins; Low sulfur proteins (LS); Nitration; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; KERATIN; NITRIC OXIDE; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANTILE AUTISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NITRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; KERATINS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NAILS; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEOMICS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 79955047642     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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