Role of the Antioxidant Activity of Melatonin in Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

• Main Authors: Jorge Luis Bermudez-Gonzalez (Author), Denya Sanchez-Quintero (Author), Leonardo Proaño-Bernal (Author), Rafael Santana-Apreza (Author), Marco Antonio Jimenez-Chavarria (Author), Jose Antonio Luna-A (Author), Juan Ignacio Straface (Author), Arantza Marie Perez-Partida (Author), Joaquin Berarducci (Author), Javier Ivan Armenta-Moreno (Author), Karla Joana Garza-Cruz (Author), Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta (Author), Erick Alexanderson-Rosas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a common problem in the age of interventional cardiology; it is primarily mediated by oxidative stress and reactive agents. Melatonin has antioxidative properties that make its use promising for treating ischemia-reperfusion injury. Multiple experimental studies in mur...