Oxidative damage to nuclear DNA: Amelioration by melatonin

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Reiter, Russel J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CHROMIUM; EXCITOTOXIN; FREE RADICAL; HERBICIDE; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PARAQUAT; SAFROLE; SCAVENGER; TRYPTOPHAN;

CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEAL BODY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

EID: 0032738514     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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