Omega-3 supplementation can restore glutathione levels and prevent oxidative damage caused by prenatal ethanol exposure

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 760-769

  Patten, Anna R ^a   Brocardo, Patricia S ^a   Christie, Brian R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Glutathione; Omega 3 fatty acids; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL ETHANOL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84876793518     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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