Melatonin does not react rapidly with hydrogen peroxide

Free Radical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1155-1158

  Grzelak, Agnieszka ^a   Macierzyńska, Ewa ^a   Bartosz, Grzegorz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Horse radish peroxidase; Hydrogen peroxide; Melatonin; Phenol red; Xylenol orange

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; PEROXIDASE; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

CHROMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; MELATONIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; XYLENES;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; EQUUS CABALLUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 10644224367     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760412331272486     Document Type: Article

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