Melatonin prevents X-ray irradiation induced oxidative damagein peripheral blood and spleen of the seasonally breeding rodent, Funambulus pennanti during reproductively active phase

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 411-419

  Sharma, Shweta ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Reproductive active phase; Total leukocyte count; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SQUIRREL; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E; X-RAYS;

FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33746106855     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000600774105     Document Type: Article

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