Geroprotector effectiveness of melatonin: Investigation of lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-240

  Izmaylov, Dmitry M ^a   Obukhova, Ludmila K ^a  

^a EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Geroprotector; Lifespan; Melatonin; Unstable efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MELATONIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033556060     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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