Effects of carotenoid and vitamin E supplementation on oxidative stress and plumage coloration in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 406-413

  Giraudeau, Mathieu ^a   Sweazea, Karen ^a   Butler, Michael W ^a,b   McGraw, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Coloration; House finch; Oxidative damage; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; FEATHER; FINCH; HAEMORHOUS MEXICANUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLTING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLUMAGE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; FRINGILLIDAE;

CAROTENOIDS; COLORATION; HOUSE FINCH; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEATHERS; FINCHES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; TOCOPHEROLS;

EID: 84882737113     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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