Antioxidant and antiaging activity of N-acetylserotonin and melatonin in the in vivo models

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 939, Issue , 2001, Pages 190-199

  Oxenkrug, G ^a,c   Requintina, P ^a   Bachurin, S ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^c ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiaging activity; Antioxidant activity; Melatonin; N acetylserotonin

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGING; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR GROWTH; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034937437     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03626.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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