Melatonin interacts with effects of the herbicide diquat on selected physiological traits during ontogeny of Japanese quail

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 17, 2005, Pages 61-64

  Zeman, Michal ^a,b   Herichová, Iveta ^a   Navarová, Jana ^c   Gressnerová, Soňa ^a   Škrobánek, Peter ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bird; Herbicide; Heterocytes; Liver; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 33751341986     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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