DEFENSE-MECHANISMS AGAINST FREE RADICAL-INDUCED DAMAGE IN SHEEP, CATTLE AND DOG ERYTHROCYTES

Authors
AVELLINI L SPATERNA A REBOLDI GP GAITI A
Citation
L. Avellini et al., DEFENSE-MECHANISMS AGAINST FREE RADICAL-INDUCED DAMAGE IN SHEEP, CATTLE AND DOG ERYTHROCYTES, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 106(2), 1993, pp. 391-394
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
106
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
391 - 394
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1993)106:2<391:DAFRDI>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
1. Erythrocytes from sheep were to be found the least resistant to per oxidative stress induced in vitro as compared to those from cattle and dogs. 2. The differences found among species in alpha-tochopherol con tent and glutathione peroxidase activity were probably insufficient to explain the lowest resistance. 3. One of the main reasons of the lowe st resistance may be found in the membrane composition and characteris tics (membrane fluidity).