Relative amount of secreted oxidized DNA bases (likely a reporter for organism wide DNA damage repair) between mouse and humans
| Value | 18 fold difference |
|---|---|
| Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference | Adelman R, Saul RL, Ames BN. Oxidative damage to DNA: relation to species metabolic rate and life span. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Apr85(8):2706-8 abstractPubMed ID3128794 |
| Comments | Abstract: "On a body weight basis, mice excrete 18 times more thymine glycol plus thymidine glycol than do humans, and monkeys excrete 4 times more thymine glycol plus thymidine glycol than do humans." |
| Entered by | Paul Jorgensen |
| ID | 105255 |