Effect of melatonin treatment on serum and tissue zinc levels in rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Ztrk, Gler ^a   Cokun, Ule ^a   Erba, Deniz ^a   Altunkaynak, Blent ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Arts and Sciences   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Liver; Salivary gland; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SMALL INTESTINE; TISSUE LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036147498     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtra.1053     Document Type: Article

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