De La Sale University-University Research Coordination Ofice;University Science Foundation(USF)under project#43FU/S309 and partly from the Department of Science and Technology.
Objective:To investigate if the protective effect ofα-tocopherol against the impact of ethanol on brain morphogenesis involved the activity of the selenoproteins phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHG...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2006CB101706);the Hi-tech Research and DevelopmentProgram of China(No.2007AA100604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.30170080and39770078).
Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase is an antioxidant enzyme that has the highest capability of reducing membrane-bound hydroperoxy lipids as compared to free organic and inorganic hydroperoxides amongst...