Melatonin improves sleep efficiency and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, in part because of its function as a metabolic regulator and mitochondrial protector. As a chronobiotic/cytoprotective agent, melatonin ...

Copaifera langsdorffiiL. is one of the most known medicinal species in Brazil. Its leaves are rich in phenolic compounds with potential biological activities as an antioxidant and chelating agent. This paper reports the ...

A series of sesquiterpene compounds possessing both eudesmane and eremophilane skeletons were tested as gastric cytoprotective agents on male Wistar rats. The presence of an alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde on the C-7 side ...

Quercetin oxidation is generally believed to ultimately result in the loss of its antioxidant properties. To test this assertion, quercetin oxidation was induced, and after each of its major metabolites was identified and ...

In this study we evaluated the antigenotoxic and cytoprotective capabilities of WR-2721 [S-2-(3aminopropylamino)-ethylphosphorothioic acid (amifostine)] in different normal tissues of BALB/c mice treated with idarubicin ...

Hydroxytyrosol (HT) ((3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl) ethanol) is a polyphenol mainly present in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) but also in red wine. It has a potent antioxidant effect related to hydrogen donation, and the ability to ...