Females live longer than males: Role of oxidative stress

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 3959-3965

  Viña, Jose ^a   Gambini, Juan ^a   López Grueso, Raul ^a   Abdelaziz, Khira M ^a   Jove, Mariona ^b   Borras, Consuelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Estrogens; Phytoestrogens; ROS

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84855222190     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211798764942     Document Type: Article

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