Susceptibility to oxidative stress in Adélie and Emperor penguin

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: CORSOLINI, S., NIGRO, M., OLMASTRONI, S., FOCARDI, S., REGOLI, F.
• Other Authors: Corsolini, S., Nigro, M., Olmastroni, S., Focardi, S., Regoli, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Nivea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Catharacta maccormicki; Pygoscelis adeliae; Snow Petrel
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/3019; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000220

The antioxidant defences in aerobic organisms represent the detoxification pathway against toxicity of reactive oxygen species (ROS). These highly reactive molecules are normally produced during the 4-electrons reduction of molecular oxygen to water coupled with oxidative phosphorylation, and during...