Melatonin affords protection against gastric lesions induced by ischemia-reperfusion possibly due to its antioxidant and mucosal microcirculatory effects

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Konturek, Piotr Ch ^a   Konturek, Stanislaw J ^a   Majka, Jolanta ^a   Zembala, Marek ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoprotection; Free radical; Gastric blood flow; Gastric ulceration; Ischemia reperfusion; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FREE RADICAL; IRRITANT AGENT; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; STOMACH LESION;

EID: 0030934632     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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