Oxygen radical detoxification processes during aging:The functional importance of melatonin

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 340-351

  Reiter, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

delayed aging; free radical theory of aging; melatonin; pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOLE; MELATONIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; PARAQUAT; SAFROLE;

AGED; AGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYTOSOL; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PINEAL BODY; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029563204     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324344     Document Type: Review

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