Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and cellular and organismal decline: Amelioration with melatonin

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1007-1019

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Burkhardt, Susanne ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Free radicals; Melatonin; Nitrogen based radicals; Oxygen based radicals

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYMELATONIN; 8 HYDROXY 2 DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KYNURAMINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; N1 ACETYL N2 FORMYL 5 METHOXYKYNURAMINE; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; NITROUS ACID DERIVATIVE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALICYLIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0037198063     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(01)00384-0     Document Type: Review

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