Melatonin is a potent reactive oxygen metabolite scavenger and antioxidant that has been
shown to influence many physiological functions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract including …

Preclinical research remains an important tool for discovery and validation of novel
therapeutics for gastrointestinal disorders. While in vitro assays can be used to verify …

Esophagocutaneous fistulas are a failure of the NO-system, due to NO-synthase blockage
by the NOS-blocker L-NAME consequently counteracted by l-arginine and gastric …

Ischemic injury, which occurs as a result of sympathetic hyperactivity, plays an important role
in heart failure. Melatonin is thought to have antiatherogenic, antioxidant, and vasodilatory …

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a known neurotoxin and utilized most extensively as a
microglial activator for induction of inflammatory neurodegeneration. Melatonin (MEL) is the …

This study was performed to investigate the effects of berberine (BB) in a rat model of
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), induced by pylorus and forestomach ligation. We …

Reflux esophagitis is a common clinical entity in western countries with approximately 30%
of the population experiencing the symptoms at least once every month. The imbalance …

We have tried to summarize the actions of melatonin (MEL) in different organs of the
gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and the potential usefulness as a drug to ameliorate or cure a …

Background: Lugol chromoendoscopy is an effective method for screening superficial
esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, although Lugol iodine solution (LIS) causes mucosal …

Melatonin, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, er navnet på det de fleste forbinder med
søvnhormonet (3). Den største produksjonen av stoffet foregår i epifysen (pinealkjertelen) på …