Effect of melatonin and vitamin C on expression of endothelial NOS in heart of chronic alcoholic rats

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 385-393

  Sönmez, Mf ^a   Narin, F ^a   Akkus D ^a   Ozdamar S ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

chronic alcohol consumption; eNOS; heart; melatonin; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERICARDIUM; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; HEART; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 68949117702     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233709106444     Document Type: Article

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