Increased levels of malondialdehyde and nitrite/nitrate in the blood of asphyxiated newborns: Reduction by melatonin

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-349

  Fulia, Francesco ^a   Gitto, Eloisa ^a   Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^b   Reiter, Russel J ^c   Dugo, Laura ^b   Gitto, Placido ^a   Barberi, Salvatore ^a   Cordaro, Stefania ^a   Barberi, Ignazio ^a  

^a Campus Bio Medico University   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Newborn; Nitrite nitrate

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPHYXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRATES; NITRITES; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0034755034     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.310409.x     Document Type: Article

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