Association of leukocyte telomere length with oxidative stress in yoga practitioners

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-3

  Shravya Keerthi, Gorantla ^b   Kiran Kumar, Chintala ^a   Reddy, Natham Mallikarjuna ^a  

^a NARAYANA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Malondialdehyde; Telomere; Total antioxidant status

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT STATUS; YOGA;

EID: 84924698852     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/13076.5729     Document Type: Article

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