Melatonin: Exceeding expectations

Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 325-333

  Reiter, Russel J ^a   Tan, Dun Xian ^a   Galano, Annia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906896477     PISSN: 15489213     EISSN: 15489221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00011.2014     Document Type: Review

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