Vitamin E consumption induced by oxidative stress in red blood cells is enhanced by melatonin and reduced by N-acetylserotonin

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 1187-1192

  Barsacchi, Renata ^a   Kusmic, Claudia ^b   Damiani, Elisabetta ^c   Carloni, Patricia ^c   Greci, Lucedio ^c   Donato, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ESR; Free radicals; Melatonin; N Acetylserotonin; Oxidative stress; Red blood cells; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 0032077934     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00431-0     Document Type: Article

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