Cataractogenesis and lipid peroxidation in newborn rats treated with buthionine sulfoximine: Preventive actions of melatonin

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Li, Zhrong Ren ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^a   Fujimori, Osamu ^a   Oh, Chang Seok ^a   Duan, Yan Ping ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cataractogenesis; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Malondialdehyde; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATARACT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY; LENS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CATARACT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031115356     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00312.x     Document Type: Article

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