Effect of melatonin on the severity of L-arginine-induced experimental acute pancreatitis in rats

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Szabolcs, Annamaria ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Letoha, Tamas ^c   Hegyi, Peter ^a   Papai, Gabor ^d   Varga, Ilona ^a   Jarmay, Katalin ^a   Kaszaki, Jozsef ^a   Sari, Reka ^a   Rakonczay Jr , Zoltan ^a   Lonovics, Janos ^a   Takacs, Tamas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Melatonin; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ARGININE; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID; MELATONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 33644760772     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i2.251     Document Type: Article

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