The effect of melatonin against oxidative damage during total-body irradiation in rats

Radiation Research

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-255

  Koc, Mehmet ^a,b   Taysi, Seyithan ^a   Buyukokuroglu, M Emin ^a   Bakan, Nuri ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HORMONE ACTION; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0041802781     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/3034     Document Type: Article

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