Carnosine and Carnosine-Related Antioxidants: A Review
ReviewOther animals
- Design
- Review
- What was measured
- Review of the antioxidant chemistry of carnosine and related compounds, including patents.
What the authors reported
The review describes carnosine as a skeletal-muscle dipeptide that scavenges reactive aldehydes from lipid peroxidation, buffers protons and chelates metals. It summarises work on carnosine-related compounds and the patent literature.
Limits of this study
Review; no new data. Full text not read.
Source
PubMed 16181134 · doi:10.2174/0929867054864796
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