Melatonin controls superoxide anion level: Modulation of superoxide dismutase activity in ring dove heterophils

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Rodriguez A B ^a   Nogales, G ^a   Ortega, E ^a   Barriga, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Melatonin; Superoxide anion; Superoxide dismutase activity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSPHERES; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 0031949667     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00360.x     Document Type: Article

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