Antioxidant levels from different Antarctic fish caught around South Georgia Island and Shag Rocks

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Ansaldo, Martin, Luquet, Carlos Marcelo, Evelson, Pablo Andrés, Polo, José M., Llesuy, Susana Francisca
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Antartic Fish; Antioxidants; Total Reactive Antioxidant Potential; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Argentino; Shag Rocks; South Georgia Island; Antarc*; antartic*; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/39199

Antarctic fish have been isolated for over several million years in an environment with a very low and constant temperature and high oxygen concentration. In such conditions the oxidative stress might be an important factor affecting their metabolic adaptive strategies. Activity of the antioxidant e...