The effect of melatonin on the liver of rats exposed to microwave radiation

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 96-100

  Djordjevic, B ^a   Sokolovic, D ^a   Kocic, G ^a   Veljkovic, A ^a   Despotovic, M ^a   Basic, J ^a   Jevtovic Stoimenov, T ^a   Sokolovic, D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Institutefor Blood Transfusion in Nis Clinical center Nis ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

DNAse; Liver; Melatonin; Microwaves; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MICROWAVES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84923294775     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2015_018     Document Type: Article

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