AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEPATIC ASCORBIC-ACID CONCENTRATIONS AND NADPH-DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY

Authors
RIKANS LE LOPEZ TR HORNBROOK KR
Citation
Le. Rikans et al., AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEPATIC ASCORBIC-ACID CONCENTRATIONS AND NADPH-DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY, Mechanism of ageing and development, 91(3), 1996, pp. 165-169
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology",Biology,"Cell Biology
Journal title
Mechanism of ageing and development → ACNP
ISSN journal
00476374
Volume
91
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-6374(1996)91:3<165:AAGDIH>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Ascorbic acid content decreased with age in livers of male rats but no t in those of female rats. The influence of aging on the regeneration of ascorbic acid from dehydroascorbic acid was investigated as a possi ble cause of declining ascorbate concentrations. The results demonstra te that hepatic NADPH-dehydroascorbic acid reductase activity is unaff ected by aging.