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Endogenous melatonin and oxidatively damaged guanine in DNA
BACKGROUND: A significant body of literature indicates that melatonin, a hormone primarily produced nocturnally by the pineal gland, is an important scavenger of hydroxyl radicals and other reactive oxygen species. Melatonin may also lower the rate of DNA base damage resulting from hydroxyl radical...
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19835624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-9-22 |