Functional diversity of the pineal hormone melatonin: Its role as an antioxidant*

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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1996; 104(1): 10-16
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211415

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Functional diversity of the pineal hormone melatonin: Its role as an antioxidant^*

R. J. Reiter

Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA

* Based on a plenary lecture given at the 39 Symposion Deutsche Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie, Leipzig, Germany, March 1995.

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Publication Date:
15 July 2009 (online)

Melatonin - antioxidative action of - pineal gland - lipid peroxidation - cataracts - oxidative damage to DNA - malonaldehyde - glutathione