Melatonin, longevity and health in the aged: An assessment

Free Radical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1323-1329

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Mayo, Juan C ^a   Sainz, Rosa M ^a   Lopez Burillo, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related diseases; Aging; Longevity; Melatonin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; MELATONIN; PLACEBO; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELDERLY CARE; EXPERIMENTATION; GUINEA PIG; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RAT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; AGE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; MELATONIN; MICE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN;

EID: 0036906356     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1071576021000038504     Document Type: Review

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