Melatonin in plants

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, S Burkhardt… - Nutrition …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Once thought to be exclusively a molecule of the animal kingdom, melatonin has now been
found to exist in plants as well. Among a number of actions, melatonin is a direct free radical …

Regulatory roles of serotonin and melatonin in abiotic stress tolerance in plants

H Kaur, S Mukherjee, F Baluska… - Plant Signaling & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding the physiological and biochemical basis of abiotic stress tolerance in plants
has always been one of the major aspects of research aiming to enhance plant productivity …

Melatonin and nitric oxide modulate glutathione content and glutathione reductase activity in sunflower seedling cotyledons accompanying salt stress

H Kaur, SC Bhatla - Nitric oxide, 2016 - Elsevier
The present findings demonstrate significant modulation of total glutathione content,
reduced glutathione (GSH) content, oxidized glutathione (GSSG) content, GSH/GSSG ratio …

Melatonin: Potential avenue for treating iron overload disorders

J Yang, Q Tang, Y Zeng - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron overload as a highly risk factor, can be found in almost all human chronic and common
diseases. Iron chelators are often used to treat iron overload; however, patient adherence to …

In vitro scavenging activity for reactive oxygen and nitrogen species by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory indole, pyrrole, and oxazole derivative drugs

E Fernandes, D Costa, SA Toste, JLFC Lima… - Free Radical Biology and …, 2004 - Elsevier
This study was undertaken to evaluate the scavenging activity for reactive oxygen species
(ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) by several nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs …

Antioxidant activities of synthetic indole derivatives and possible activity mechanisms

S Süzen - Bioactive heterocycles V, 2007 - Springer
Indole derivatives constitute an important class of therapeutical agents in medicinal
chemistry including anticancer, antioxidant, antirheumatoidal, aldose reductase inhibitor …

Orally administered melatonin reduces oxidative stress and proinflammatory cytokines induced by amyloid‐β peptide in rat brain: a comparative, in vivo study versus …

S Rosales‐Corral, DX Tan, RJ Reiter… - Journal of pineal …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
To determine the efficacy of antioxidants in reducing amyloid‐β‐induced oxidative stress,
and the neuroinflammatory response in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo, three …

Melatonin: detoxification of oxygen and nitrogen-based toxic reactants

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, C Manchester… - … in Tryptophan and …, 2003 - Springer
In the last decade, melatonin has been found to be highly protective against damage to
macromolecules resulting from oxygen and nitrogen-based reactants. Considering this …

[HTML][HTML] The zebrafish, an outstanding model for biomedical research in the field of melatonin and human diseases

P Aranda-Martínez, J Fernández-Martínez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The zebrafish has become an excellent model for the study of human diseases because it
offers many advantages over other vertebrate animal models. The pineal gland, as well as …

Glial cell survival is enhanced during melatonin‐induced neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia

CV Borlongan, M Yamamoto, N Takei… - The FASEB …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The role of glial cells in neuronal death has become a major research interest. Glial cell
activation has been demonstrated to accompany cerebral ischemia. However, there is …