Oxidative Stress Markers in Banded Mongooses from Uganda 2017-2021

Environmental Information Data Centre provides a dataset on oxidative state markers in banded mongooses from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. It contains measurements from 2017 to 2021, including red blood cell glutathione concentrations, plasma malondialdehyde, plasma protein carbonyls, red blood cell superoxide dismutase activity, and whole milk malondialdehyde.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between red blood cell glutathione concentrations and plasma malondialdehyde levels to assess oxidative stress relationships.
• Model temporal trends in blood plasma protein carbonyls across the 2017-2021 study period.
• Compare oxidative damage markers, such as whole milk malondialdehyde concentrations, across different individual or group conditions.
• Investigate the activity of total superoxide dismutase in red blood cells as a potential biomarker for environmental stressors.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a 5-year period from 2017 to 2021, providing longitudinal insight.
• Includes multiple specific biochemical markers: glutathione, malondialdehyde, protein carbonyls, and superoxide dismutase.
• Sourced from the Environmental Information Data Centre, an authoritative repository.

Limitations

• Sample size and number of individual animals measured are unknown, limiting statistical power assessment.
• Data is geographically restricted to a single national park in Uganda, reducing generalizability.
• The dataset's structure (rows, columns) and file contents within the ZIP are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

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Time Range

2017-2021

Freshness

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Geography

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda