Lifespan extension and increased resistance to environmental stressors by N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine in Caenorhabditis elegans

Clinics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 380-386

  Oh, Seung Il ^a   Park, Jin Kook ^a   Park, Sang Kyu ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fertility; Lifespan; N acetyl L cysteine; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84930531516     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2015(05)13     Document Type: Article

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