Effect of melatonin against oxidative stress in ultraviolet-B exposed rat lens

Current Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-230

  Bardak, Yavuz ^a,b   Özertürk, Yusuf ^a   Özgüner, Fehmi ^a   Durmuş, Mustafa ^a   Delibaş, Namik ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Melatonin; Rat lens; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LENS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0034073027     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200003)2031-9FT225     Document Type: Article

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