Non-vertebrate melatonin

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Hardeland, Rüdiger ^a   Poeggeler, Burkhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Antioxidative protection; Circadian rhythms; Dinoflagellates; Fungi; Invertebrates; Melatonin; Plants

Indexed keywords

ACTEOSIDE; BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVANOID; FREE RADICAL; GANHUANGENIN; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOGONIN;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FLOWERING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; LIFESPAN; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037405555     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2003.00040.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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