Melatonin protects fetal rat brain against oxidative mitochondrial damage

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-28

  Wakatsuki, Akihiko ^a   Okatani, Yuji ^a   Shinohara, Koichi ^a   Ikenoue, Nobuo ^a   Kaneda, Chitose ^a   Fukaya, Takao ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Melatonin; Mitochondria; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPOXANTHINE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0035188910     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300103.x     Document Type: Article

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