Protective effect of melatonin in carrageenan-induced models of local inflammation: Relationship to its inhibitory effect on nitric oxide production and its peroxynitrite scavenging activity

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-116

  Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^a   Zingarelli, Basilia ^a   Gilad, Eli ^a   Hake, Paul ^a   Salzman, Andrew L ^a   Szabó, Csaba ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Hydroxyl radical; Inflammation; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Peroxynitrite; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; 3-NITROTYROSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARRAGEENAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXIDASE; PEROXYNITRIC ACID; SCAVENGER; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EDEMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLEURISY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARRAGEENAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MELATONIN; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXIDASE; PLEURISY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE;

EID: 0031226491     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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