Glutathione status and antioxidant enzymes in a crocodilian species from the swamps of the Brazilian Pantanal

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-198

  Hermes Lima, Marcelo ^a   Carreiro, Cecília ^a   Moreira, Daniel C ^a   Polcheira, Cássia ^a   Machado, Daniel P ^a   Campos, Élida G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Caiman yacare; Development; Glutathione; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CROCODILIAN; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; CAIMAN; CAIMAN YACARE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 84864087578     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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