Melatonin protects the heart, lungs and kidneys from oxidative stress under intermittent hypobaric hypoxia in rats

Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Farías, Jorge G ^a   Zepeda, Andrea B ^a   Calaf, Gloria M ^b,c  

^a Ciencias y Administración   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TESTIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; HEART; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84861883146     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602012000100011     Document Type: Article

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