Melatonin and tryptophan derivatives as free radical scavengers and antioxidants

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2000, Pages 379-387

  Reiter, R J ^a   Tan, D X ^a   Cabrera, J ^a   D'Arpa, D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOSOL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL MEMBRANE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; OXYGEN; TRYPTOPHAN;

LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0034469566     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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