Melatonin protects the liver and erythrocytes against oxidative stress in cirrhotic rats Melatonina protege o fígado e eritrócitos do estresse oxidativo em ratos cirróticos

CONTEXT: Cirrhosis is a progressive chronic hepatopathy which constitutes an irreversible stage of liver dysfunction. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the oxidative stress in the blood of cirrhotic rats treated with the antioxidant melatonin. METHODS: Cirrhosis was induced through inhalation of carbon tetrac...

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Main Authors: Darlan Pase da Rosa, Silvia Bona, Douglas Simonetto, Claudio Zettler, Cláudio Augusto Marroni, Norma Possa Marroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2010-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032010000100013