Antioxidant effect of melatonin in systemic circulation of rats after unilateral testicular torsion

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Erdemir, Fikret ^a,b   Parlaktaş, Bekir Süha ^a   Özyurt, Hüseyin ^a   Boztepe, Özgür ^a   Atiş, Ömer ^a   Şahin, Şemsettin ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Testis; Torsion; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPIDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PIGMENTS; RATS;

ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PEROXIDATION; PROTEIN CARBONYL (PC);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS TORSION;

EID: 40449122115     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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