Effect of continuous melatonin infusions on steady-state plasma melatonin levels, metabolic fate and tissue retention in rats under near physiological conditions

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2000, Pages 303-313

  Messner, M ^a   Hardeland, R ^b   Rodenbeck, A ^a   Huether, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; INFUSION; INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034469065     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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