Melatonin alleviates lung damage induced by the chemical warfare agent nitrogen mustard

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-131

  Ucar, Muharrem ^a   Korkmaz, Ahmet ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Yaren, Hakan ^a   Öter, Sükrü ^a   Kurt, Bülent ^a   Topal, Turgut ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

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

Author keywords

Lung damage; Melatonin; Nitrogen mustard; Nitrosative stress; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CHLORMETHINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PEROXYNITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICACEAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34548397111     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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