Melatonin heals the gut

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 120-121

  Eliasson, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; LIPID; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ULCER; ULCER HEALING; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ETHANOL; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MELATONIN;

EID: 84912142272     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12364     Document Type: Editorial

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