Effects of melatonin in connection with the antioxidant defense system in the gills of the estuarine crab Neohelice granulata

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Maciel, Fábio Everton ^a   Ramos, Bianca Padovani ^a   Geihs, Márcio Alberto ^a   Vargas, Marcelo Alves ^b   Cruz, Bruno Pinto ^a   Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^c,d   Vakkuri, Olli ^d   Allodi, Silvana ^b   Monserrat, José Maria ^a   Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Crustacean; Daily variation; Eyestalk; Gills; Melatonin; Neohelice granulata

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELATONIN; OXYGEN; PEROXY RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ESTUARINE SPECIES; GILL; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

EID: 71549159407     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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