Melatonin ameliorates ionizing radiation-induced oxidative organ damage in rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-572

  Şener, Göksel ^a   Jahovic, Nermina ^b   Tosun, Osman ^a   Atasoy, Beste Melek ^c   Yeǧen, Berrak Ç ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Irradiation; Lipid peroxidation; Myeloperoxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; KETAMINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SCAVENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INJECTION; INTESTINE; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; OXIDATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; SKIN; TIME; TISSUE LEVEL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0242416161     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.05.011     Document Type: Article

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