Research Article

Superoxide Anion Production and Bioenergetic Profile in Young and Elderly Human Primary Myoblasts

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Superoxide dismutase activity. Quantitative analyses from young and elderly myoblasts and myotubes for the activity of the superoxide dismutase enzyme, SOD1. The SOD units (U SOD) were calculated considering that 1 SOD unit is defined as the quantity that inhibits the rate of cytochrome c reduction by 50% per ng of protein. The activity of the superoxide dismutase was expressed as U SOD/ng protein. .