Radio-protective effects of melatonin against irradiation-Induced oxidative damage in rat peripheral blood

Physica Medica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-74

  Shirazi, Alireza ^a,b   Mihandoost, Ehsan ^b   Mohseni, Mehran ^c   Ghazi Khansari, Mahmoud ^a   Rabie Mahdavi, Seied ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Ionizing radiation; Melatonin; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871813720     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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