Free radical-mediated molecular damage: Mechanisms for the protective actions of melatonin in the central nervous system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 939, Issue , 2001, Pages 200-215

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Acuña Castroviejo, Dario ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Burkhardt, Susanne ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Free radicals; Melatonin; Neuroprotective mitochondria; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CELL PROTEIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LIPID; LIPOXYGENASE; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; PEROXYNITRITE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BODY FLUID; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROPROTECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

EID: 0034930671     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03627.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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