| Literature DB >> 2176082 |
G Barja de Quiroga1, R Pérez-Campo, M López Torres.
Abstract
Old rats (28 months), when compared with young adults (9 months), did not show differences in activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) or selenium-dependent and -independent glutathione peroxidases (GPx), or in levels of GSH, GSSG, GSSG/GSH and endogenous peroxidation in liver and brain. Rates of stimulated peroxidation in vitro were decreased in the livers of old rats. Old animals showed decreased levels of hepatic catalase and glutathione reductase. Nevertheless, when enzyme activities were referred to cytochrome oxidase activity these decreases disappeared, and GPx and SOD (brain) were even increased in old rats.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2176082 PMCID: PMC1149684 DOI: 10.1042/bj2720247
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857