Antioxidant system in Uromastyx philbyi during hibernation and activity periods

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 864-868

  Afifi, Mohamed ^a,b   Alkaladi, Ali ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Free radicals; Uromastyx philbyi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906274367     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-014-0318-x     Document Type: Article

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