Melatonin as a free radical scavenger in the ovarian follicle

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Tamura, Hiroshi ^a   Takasaki, Akihisa ^b   Taketani, Toshiaki ^a   Tanabe, Manabu ^a   Kizuka, Fumie ^a   Lee, Lifa ^a   Tamura, Isao ^a   Maekawa, Ryo ^a   Asada, Hiromi ^a   Yamagata, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugino, Norihiro ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulosa cell; Melatonin; Oocyte; Ovarian follicle; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEAL BODY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84873491563     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ12-0263     Document Type: Review

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