pineal research | 2003(01) articles

• The chemistry of melatonin's interaction with reactive species
• Alterations in the circadian rhythm of salivary melatonin begin during middle-age
• Oxidation of melatonin by carbonate radicals and chemiluminescence emitted during pyrrole ring cleavage
• Melatonin production during childhood and adolescence : a longitudinal study on the excretion of urinary 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate
• Different responsiveness of central nervous system tissues to oxidative conditions and to the antioxidant effect of melatonin
• Inhibitory effects of melatonin on neural lipid peroxidation induced by intracerebroventricularly administered homocysteine
• Protective effect of melatonin and its precursor L-tryptophan on acute pancreatitis induced by caerulein overstimulation or ischemia/reperfusion
• Pineal melatonin synthesis and release are not altered throughout the estrous cycle in female rats
• Effects of continuous light exposure on antioxidant enzymes, porphyric enzymes and cellular damage in the Harderian gland of the Syrian hamster
• Interferon-gamma independent oxidation of melatonin by macrophages
• Melatonin : a hormone, a tissue factor, an autocoid, a paracoid, and an antioxidant vitamin
• What constitutes a physiological concentration of melatonin?