Melatonin reduces the increase in 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine levels in the brain and liver of kainic acid-treated rats
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 178 (1/2) , 299-303
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006815530519
Abstract
In the present study, the effect of melatonin on oxidative DNA damage induced by kainic acid (KA) treatment was investigated. 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) is a main product of oxidatively...Keywords
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