Superoxide Dismutase

Known as: Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), cytocuprein, Superoxide Dismutase [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Proteins that protect cells against elevated levels of superoxide a reactive oxygen species. These antioxidant enzymes catalyze the formation of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Normalizing mitochondrial superoxide production blocks three pathways of hyperglycaemic damage
Diabetic hyperglycaemia causes a variety of pathological changes in small vessels, arteries and peripheral nerves. Vascular… (More)
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Nitric oxide, superoxide, and peroxynitrite: the good, the bad, and ugly.
Nitric oxide contrasts with most intercellular messengers because it diffuses rapidly and isotropically through most tissues with… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Motor neuron degeneration in mice that express a human Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase mutation.
Mutations of human Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) are found in about 20 percent of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the cortex, brainstem and spinal cord1,2. Its… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A simple method for clinical assay of superoxide dismutase.
This assay for superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) activity involves inhibition of nitroblue tetrazolium reduction, with… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Assaying for superoxide dismutase activity: some large consequences of minor changes in conditions.
Most assays for superoxide dismutase depend upon competition between the enzyme and some indicating scavenger for O-2. We have… (More)
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
A modified spectrophotometric assay of superoxide dismutase.
A simple and rapid method for the assay of superoxide dismutase in biological samples is described. Present method takes… (More)
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Superoxide dismutases: I. Occurrence in higher plants.
Shoots, roots, and seeds of corn (Zea mays L., cv. Michigan 500), oats (Avena sativa L., cv. Au Sable), and peas (Pisum sativum L… (More)
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Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The role of superoxide anion in the autoxidation of epinephrine and a simple assay for superoxide dismutase.
The rate of autoxidation of epinephrine and the sensitivity of this autoxidation to inhibition by superoxide dismutase were both… (More)
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Superoxide dismutase: improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels.
Superoxide dismutase has been isolated from bovine erythrocytes (1)) bovine heart (2)) and Escherichia co,% (3). This enzyme has… (More)
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