Cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine) attenuates age-related oxidative stress and ameliorates antioxidant capacity in rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 979-987

  Ramesh, Thiyagarajan ^a   Yoo, Sung Kwang ^a   Kim, Sung Won ^a   Hwang, Seock Yeon ^b   Sohn, Sang Hyun ^a   Kim, Il Woung ^a   Kim, Si Kwan ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3' Deoxyadenosine (cordycepin); Aging process; Antioxidant capacity; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CORDYCEPIN; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; DEOXYADENOSINES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EATING; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN E;

RATTUS;

EID: 84868301699     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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