Melatonin reduces paraquat-induced genotoxicity in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-108

  Melchiorri, D ^a,b   Ortiz, G G ^b   Reiter, R J ^b   Sewerynek, E ^b   Daniels, W M U ^a,b   Pablos, M I ^b   Nistico G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Melatonin; Mice; Micronuclei; Paraquat

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; PARAQUAT; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; HERBICIDES; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PARAQUAT;

EID: 0032536733     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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