Radio protective effect of melatonin: MINIREVIEW

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2192-2194

  Haddadi, Gholamhasan ^a   Shirazi, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Melatonin; Radiation; Radioprotector

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FREE RADICALS; HEAT RADIATION; HORMONES; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMALS; MOLECULES; RADIATION SHIELDING; SCAVENGING;

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INDIRECT INTERACTIONS; MELATONIN; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE EFFICIENCY; RADIOPROTECTOR; SECRETORY PRODUCTS; SUBCELLULAR STRUCTURE;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 83555172908     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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