Biochemical and Physiological Evidence that Carnosine Is an Endogenous Neuroprotector Against Free Radicals
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
- Vol. 17 (2) , 259-271
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026374114314
Abstract
1. Carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine are endogenous dipeptides concentrated in brain and muscle whose biological functions remain in doubt. 2. We have tested the hypothesis that these compounds...Keywords
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