Plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis and transcriptional regulation in response to biotic and abiotic stress conditions

R Jan, S Asaf, M Numan, Lubna, KM Kim - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant secondary metabolites (SMs) play important roles in plant survival and in creating
ecological connections between other species. In addition to providing a variety of valuable …

[HTML][HTML] Protective role of melatonin and its metabolites in skin aging

G Bocheva, RM Slominski, Z Janjetovic, TK Kim… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The skin, being the largest organ in the human body, is exposed to the environment and
suffers from both intrinsic and extrinsic aging factors. The skin aging process is …

Melatonin as a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant: one of evolution's best ideas

RJ Reiter, S Rosales-Corral, DX Tan, MJ Jou… - Cellular and molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Melatonin is an ancient antioxidant. After its initial development in bacteria, it has been
retained throughout evolution such that it may be or may have been present in every species …

Mitochondria: central organelles for melatonin′ s antioxidant and anti-aging actions

RJ Reiter, DX Tan, S Rosales-Corral, A Galano… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Melatonin, along with its metabolites, have long been known to significantly reduce the
oxidative stress burden of aging cells or cells exposed to toxins. Oxidative damage is a …

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 …

Protective effects of melatonin in reducing oxidative stress and in preserving the fluidity of biological membranes: a review

JJ García, L López‐Pingarrón… - Journal of pineal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Free radicals generated within subcellular compartments damage macromolecules which
lead to severe structural changes and functional alterations of cellular organelles. A …

Cancer metastasis: Mechanisms of inhibition by melatonin

SC Su, MJ Hsieh, WE Yang, WH Chung… - Journal of pineal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin is a naturally occurring molecule secreted by the pineal gland and known as a
gatekeeper of circadian clocks. Mounting evidence indicates that melatonin, employing …

Laboratory markers predicting severity of acute pancreatitis

SM Staubli, D Oertli, CA Nebiker - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of highly variable severity, ranging from
mild cases with low mortality to severe cases with high mortality. Numerous biomarkers have …

Reducing oxidative/nitrosative stress: a newly-discovered genre for melatonin

RJ Reiter, SD Paredes, LC Manchester… - Critical reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of melatonin and its derivatives as antioxidants has stimulated a very large
number of studies which have, virtually uniformly, documented the ability of these molecules …

Melatonin and the theories of aging: a critical appraisal of melatonin's role in antiaging mechanisms

R Hardeland - Journal of pineal research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The classic theories of aging such as the free radical theory, including its mitochondria‐
related versions, have largely focused on a few specific processes of senescence …