Vitamin E supplementation and lifespan in model organisms

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 365-375

  Ernst, I M A ^a   Pallauf, K ^a   Bendall, J K ^b   Paulsen, L ^a   Nikolai, S ^a   Huebbe, P ^a   Roeder, T ^a   Rimbach, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lifespan; Longevity; Model organisms; Tocopherol; Tocotrienol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHERYLQUINONE; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; CARRIER PROTEIN; COCONUT OIL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHROME P450; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; POLYSORBATE 80; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SAFFLOWER OIL; SIRTUIN 1; SUNFLOWER OIL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASPLANCHNA BRIGHTWELLI; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COGNITION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HORMESIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PHILODINA; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REVIEW; RODENT; ROTIFERA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; NEMATODA; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VITAMIN E;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; RODENTIA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84870556875     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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