Melatonin improves placental efficiency and birth weight and increases the placental expression of antioxidant enzymes in undernourished pregnancy

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-364

  Richter, Hans G ^a   Hansell, Jeremy A ^a   Raut, Shruti ^a   Giussani, Dino A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Intrauterine growth retardation; Melatonin; Placenta; Pregnancy; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 1; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MELATONIN; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATALASE; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MALNUTRITION; MELATONIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 64649086387     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2009.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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