Effects of Carnosine plus vitamin E and betaine treatments on oxidative stress in some tissues of aged rats

Current Aging Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-205

  Çoban, Jale ^a   Bingül, Ilknur ^b   Yeşil Mizrak, Kübra ^a   Doǧru Abbasoǧlu, Semra ^b   Öztezcan, Serdar ^a   Uysal, Müjdat ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Betaine; Carnosine plus vitamin E; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETAINE; CARNOSINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ALKADIENE; DIENE CONJUGATE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN TISSUE; DRUG EFFECT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84882781778     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/18746098112059990011     Document Type: Article

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