Melatonin: a versatile protector against oxidative DNA damage

A Galano, DX Tan, RJ Reiter - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Oxidative damage to DNA has important implications for human health and has been
identified as a key factor in the onset and development of numerous diseases. Thus, it is …

An overview of melatonin as an antioxidant molecule: a biochemical approach

A Hacışevki, B Baba - Melatonin molecular biology, clinical and …, 2018 - books.google.com
Melatonin is an endogenous hormone derived from tryptophan that is mainly released from
the pineal gland in the dark. Melatonin regulates many biological functions such as sleep …

Melatonin and circadian rhythms in liver diseases: Functional roles and potential therapies

K Sato, F Meng, H Francis, N Wu, L Chen… - Journal of pineal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Circadian rhythms and clock gene expressions are regulated by the suprachiasmatic
nucleus in the hypothalamus, and melatonin is produced in the pineal gland. Although the …

Indole-based small molecules as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of fibrosis

R Qin, Q Zhao, B Han, HP Zhu, C Peng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Indole alkaloids are widely distributed in nature and have been particularly studied because
of their diverse biological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-bacterial, and …

Protective role of melatonin in early‐stage and end‐stage liver cirrhosis

C Hu, L Zhao, J Tao, L Li - Journal of cellular and molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The liver is composed of hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, Kupffer cells, sinusoidal endothelial
cells, hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and dendritic cells; all these functional and interstitial …

Aluminum chloride-induced amyloid β accumulation and endoplasmic reticulum stress in rat brain are averted by melatonin

K Promyo, F Iqbal, N Chaidee, B Chetsawang - Food and Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accumulation of aluminium (Al) in the brain is known to be a toxic insult that result in
neurodegenerative diseases and melatonin is known to have neuroprotective role. The …

Dietary melatonin supplementation could be a promising preventing/therapeutic approach for a variety of liver diseases

F Bonomini, E Borsani, G Favero, LF Rodella… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the therapeutic strategies, the role of diet is a well-established factor that can also have an
important role in liver diseases. Melatonin, identified in animals, has many antioxidant …

Hepatoprotective effect of alpinetin on thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in sprague dawley rat

SH Shareef, ASM Juma, DNF Agha, AR Alzahrani… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alpinetin is an original medicinal plant flavonoid derived from Alpinia katsumadai and has
several biological activities. The current research aimed to evaluate the hepatoprotective …

Sesamol protects against liver fibrosis induced in rats by modulating lysophosphatidic acid receptor expression and TGF-β/Smad3 signaling pathway

NAA Elrazik, M El-Mesery, MM El-Shishtawy - … -schmiedeberg's Archives of …, 2022 - Springer
The present study aimed to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of sesamol (SML), a
nutritional phenolic compound obtained from sesame seeds, in liver fibrosis induced by …

Apoptosis and astrogliosis perturbations and expression of regulatory inflammatory factors and neurotransmitters in acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity under ω3 fatty …

SS Elblehi, OI El Euony, YS El-Sayed - Neurotoxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was aimed to investigate the potential ameliorative effects of omega-3 (ω3) fatty
acids against acrylamide (ACR)-induced neurotoxicity. Thirty-two adult male Sprague …