Paraquat toxicity and oxidative damage: Reduction by Melatonin

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1095-1099

  Melchiorri, Daniela ^a,b   Reiter, Russel J ^a   Sewerynek, Ewa ^a   Hara, Masayuki ^a   Chen, Lidun ^a   Nisticò, Giuseppe ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Free radical induced tissue damage; Melatonin as an antioxidant; Oxidative damage to lung and liver; Paraquat LD50; Paraquat induced lipid peroxidation; Reduced and oxidized glutathione

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; PARAQUAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HERBICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029928445     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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