Effect of melatonin on mitotic and proliferation indices, and sister chromatid exchange in human blood lymphocytes

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-191

  Vijayalaxmi, ^a   Reiter, R J ^a   Leal, B Z ^a   Meltz, M L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Melatonin; Mitotic index; Proliferation index; Sister chromatid exchange

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0029976012     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00238-3     Document Type: Article

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