Daily variation in antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation in lungs of a tropical bird Perdicula asiatica: Role of melatonin and nuclear receptor RORα

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 296-302

  Kharwar, R K ^a   Haldar, C ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Daily variation; Free radical; Lung; Melatonin; Reproductive phase; ROR

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERDICULA ASIATICA; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVELY ACTIVE PHASE; REPRODUCTIVELY INACTIVE PHASE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PERDICULA ASIATICA;

EID: 84861530535     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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