Elevated levels of low molecular weight substances in the red cells of some mammalian species imply unsuspected antioxidant strategies

An earlier observation by E.H. Harley (supervisor of this thesis) of curious metabolic anomalies in the red cells of black rhinoceros, and in particular a high free tyrosine level, suggested that a range of unusual, but presumeably physiological, processes might be found in mammalian red blood cells...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davids, Virginia
Other Authors: Harley, Eric
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3162