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Parallel increase of ascorbic acid and glutathione contents in brown adipose tissue during chronic cold exposure

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Spontaneous lipid peroxidation rate was found unchanged in the brown adipose tissue of rats chronically exposed to cold, although oxidative metabolism, ascorbic acid and poly-unsaturated phospholipid amounts increased. It is suggested that the concomitant increase in glutathione concentration may protect the tissue from a possible peroxidative process.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physiologie Comparée (CNRS LA 307), Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 4, Place Jussieu, F-75230, Paris Cedex 05, France

    G. Mory, D. Bal & D. Ricquier

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Mory, G., Bal, D. & Ricquier, D. Parallel increase of ascorbic acid and glutathione contents in brown adipose tissue during chronic cold exposure. Experientia 39, 734–735 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990299

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