Effects of continuous light exposure on antioxidant enzymes, porphyric enzymes and cellular damage in the Harderian gland of the Syrian hamster

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-68

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Continuous light; Harderian gland; Melatonin; Porphyrogenesis

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; ANDROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MELATONIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PORPHYRIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HARDER GLAND; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SECRETORY CELL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HARDERIAN GLAND; HEME; LIGHT; MALE; PORPHYRINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0037250467     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2003.02951.x     Document Type: Article

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