The effect of melatonin on liver superoxide dismutase activity, serum nitrate and thyroid hormone levels

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-153

  Öztürk, Güler ^a   Coşkun, Şule ^a   Erbaş, Deniz ^a   Hasanoǧlu, Enver ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Nitrate; Superoxide dismutase; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NITRATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0342657175     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.50.149     Document Type: Article

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