Comparison of melatonin effect on oxidant status and antioxidant capacity in liver and heart of young and aged rats

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-49

  Güney, Şevin ^a   Cumaoǧlu, Ahmet ^b   Öztürk, Güler ^c   Akbulut, K Gonca ^a   Karasu, Çimen ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BATMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

aging; antioxidant; melatonin; oxidant

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; MELATONIN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 84875278131     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: 1873958X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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