Melatonin and vitamin E limit nitric oxide-induced lipid peroxidation in rat brain homogenates

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-150

  Escames, Germaine ^a   Guerrero, Juan M ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a   Garcia, Joaquin J ^a   Munoz Hoyos, Antonio ^a   Ortiz, Genaro G ^a   Oh, Chang S ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CELL KILLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030857820     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00498-9     Document Type: Article

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