Antioxidant properties of melatonin: A pulse radiolysis study

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 557-565

  Mahal, H S ^a   Sharma, H S ^a   Mukherjee, T ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Free radical; Melatonin; Pulse radiolysis; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GUANOSINE; MELATONIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MELATONIN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0033006251     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00226-3     Document Type: Article

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