New perspectives in melatonin uses

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-444

  Carpentieri, A ^a,b   Diaz De Barboza G ^a   Areco, V ^a   Peralta Lopez M ^a   Tolosa De Talamoni, N ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; Cancer; Central nervous system; Gastrointestinal tract; Melatonin metabolism; Melatonin receptors

Indexed keywords

IRINOTECAN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STOMACH MUCOSA LESION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858339196     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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