Study Of The Effect Of Melatonin On Water Immersion Stress-Induced Gastric Lesions

Autor: M. Samini, AR. Dehpour E. Babazadeh Khamneh
Jazyk: perština
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 61, Iss 3, Pp 178-181 (2003)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1683-1764
1735-7322
Popis: One of the useful function of melatonin is its protective effect against endogenous oxidants. The object of this investigation was to study the protective effect of melatonin on stress-induced gastric lesions."nResults: Our results show that pretreatment of animals with melatonin decrease the stress-induced gastric lesions dose dependently."nL-NAME, a nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor, potentiat the stress-induce gastric lesions and melatonin produced gastro-protective effect against concurrent stress and L-NAME-induced gastric lesions."nConclusion: Our results indicate that melatonin may produce its gastro-protective effect Via increasing level of nitric oxide.
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