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Activity of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase and catalase) and low molecular weight antioxidants (tocopherol and retinol) was studied in tissues of 8 semiaquatic mammalian species. In animals from different taxa, the enhancement of antioxidant defense can be achieved either by increased enzymatic activity of tissues or elevated concentration of low molecular weight antioxidants. The level of enzymatic and nonenzymatic (low molecular weight) antioxidants, determined in tissues and organs of diving mammals, is likely to be considered as an integral complex, which has evolved to ensure the greatest efficiency of metabolic systems during adaptation to species-specific habitats.
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Original Russian Text © T.N. Il’ina, V.A. Ilyukha, I.V. Baishnikova, V.V. Belkin, S.N. Sergina, E.P. Antonova, 2017, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 251—256.
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Il’ina, T.N., Ilyukha, V.A., Baishnikova, I.V. et al. Antioxidant defense system in tissues of semiaquatic mammals. J Evol Biochem Phys 53, 282–288 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093017040044
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