Melatonin: a well‐documented antioxidant with conditional pro‐oxidant actions

HM Zhang, Y Zhang - Journal of pineal research, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Melatonin (N‐acetyl‐5‐methoxytryptamine), an indoleamine produced in many
organs including the pineal gland, was initially characterized as a hormone primarily …

Systematic review of potential health risks posed by pharmaceutical, occupational and consumer exposures to metallic and nanoscale aluminum, aluminum oxides …

CC Willhite, NA Karyakina, RA Yokel… - Critical reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Aluminum (Al) is a ubiquitous substance encountered both naturally (as the third most
abundant element) and intentionally (used in water, foods, pharmaceuticals, and vaccines); …

Human health risk assessment for aluminium, aluminium oxide, and aluminium hydroxide

D Krewski, RA Yokel, E Nieboer… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: Human Health Risk Assessment for Aluminium, Aluminium Oxide, and Aluminium
Hydroxide Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online homepage Taylor and Francis …

Melatonin: Nature's most versatile biological signal?

SR Pandi‐Perumal, V Srinivasan… - The FEBS …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a ubiquitous molecule and widely distributed in nature, with functional activity
occurring in unicellular organisms, plants, fungi and animals. In most vertebrates, including …

Co-delivery of bee venom melittin and a photosensitizer with an organic–inorganic hybrid nanocarrier for photodynamic therapy and immunotherapy

H Liu, Y Hu, Y Sun, C Wan, Z Zhang, X Dai, Z Lin… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinical cancer treatment modality based on the induction
of therapeutic reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can trigger immunogenic cell death …

Aluminum and Alzheimer's disease: after a century of controversy, is there a plausible link?

L Tomljenovic - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2011 - content.iospress.com
The brain is a highly compartmentalized organ exceptionally susceptible to accumulation of
metabolic errors. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease …

Atioxidative protection by melatonin: Multiplicity of mechanisms from radical detoxification to radical avoidance

R Hardeland - Endocrine, 2005 - Springer
Melatonin has been shown to protect against oxidative stress in various, highly divergent
experimental systems. There are many reasons for its remarkable protective potential …

[PDF][PDF] Melatonin and its metabolites: new findings regarding their production and their radical scavenging actions.

RJ Reiter, D Tan, MP Terron… - Acta Biochimica …, 2007 - frontierspartnerships.org
This review summarizes some of the recent findings concerning the long-held tenet that the
enzyme, N-acetyltransferase, which is involved in the production of N-acetylserotonin, the …

Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in aluminium neurotoxicity and its amelioration: a review

V Kumar, KD Gill - Neurotoxicology, 2014 - Elsevier
Aluminium is light weight and toxic metal present ubiquitously on earth which has gained
considerable attention due to its neurotoxic effects. The widespread use of products made …

Melatonin, a potent agent in antioxidative defense: actions as a natural food constituent, gastrointestinal factor, drug and prodrug

R Hardeland, SR Pandi-Perumal - Nutrition & metabolism, 2005 - Springer
Melatonin, originally discovered as a hormone of the pineal gland, is also produced in other
organs and represents, additionally, a normal food constituent found in yeast and plant …