Effects of δ-aminolevulinic acid and melatonin in the Harderian gland of female Syrian hamsters

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1197-1204

  Tomás Zapico, Cristina ^a   Coto Montes, Ana ^a,c   Martínez Fraga, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez Colunga, María Josefa ^a   Hardeland, Rüdiger ^b   Tolivia, Delio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Faculty de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

ALA; Free radicals; Harderian gland; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN; PORPHYRIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ANTIOXIDANT; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANIMAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HAMSTERS; HARDERIAN GLAND; HYDROXYMETHYLBILANE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE;

CRICETINAE; FELIS CATUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0036591862     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)00812-2     Document Type: Article

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