Melatonin in plants

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 286-290

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^b   Burkhardt, Susanne ^b   Manchester, Lucien C ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; SCAVENGER; SINGLET OXYGEN;

ABSORPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT; RAT; URINALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS;

EID: 0034828789     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2001.tb07018.x     Document Type: Article

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