The effects of UV radiation on the visual system of the crab Neohelice granulata: A protective role of melatonin

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-434

  Vargas, Marcelo Alves ^a,b   Geihs, Márcio Alberto ^b   MacIel, Fábio Everton ^b   Cruz, Bruno Pinto ^b   Nery, Luiz Eduardo Maia ^b   Allodi, Silvana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity against peroxyl radicals; Catalase activity; Crustaceans; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Photoperiod; Reactive oxygen species; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRRADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEOHELICE GRANULATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 80052585807     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: 18781659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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