Tissue-specific development of antioxidant systems during avian embryogenesis.

B. Speake; Peter F Surai; T. Gaál; M. Mézes; R. Noble

DOI:10.1042/BST024182S

Corpus ID: 33288156

Tissue-specific development of antioxidant systems during avian embryogenesis.

@article{Speake1996TissuespecificDO,
  title={Tissue-specific development of antioxidant systems during avian embryogenesis.},
  author={B. Speake and Peter F Surai and T. Ga{\'a}l and M. M{\'e}zes and R. Noble},
  journal={Biochemical Society transactions},
  year={1996},
  volume={24 2},
  pages={
          182S
        }
}

B. Speake, Peter F Surai, +2 authors R. Noble

Published 1996

Chemistry, Medicine

Biochemical Society transactions

The high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids present in the tissue lipids of the avian embryo, plus the high level of oxidative stress during hatching, necessitate the development of effective antioxidant capacities in the tissues to prevent lipid peroxidation. For the experiment illustrated in Table I , the lipid-soluble antioxidants, atocopherol and carotenoids, were present in the initial yolk at concentrations of 60.8+5.4 and 24.4k2.2 pg/g yolk, respectively. Ascorbic acid was… CONTINUE READING

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