The effects of supplemental melatonin administration on the healing of bone defects in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus (DM) causes an increased production of free radicals that can impair bone healing. Melatonin is a hormone secreted mainly by the pineal gland, which participates in the neutralization process of free radicals. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate histologic a...

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Main Author: YILDIRIMTURK,Senem (author)
Other Authors: BATU,Sule (author), ALATLI,Canan (author), OLGAC,Vakur (author), FIRAT,Deniz (author), SIRIN,Yigit (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Bone
Free radicals
Diabetes mellitus
Melatonin
Rats
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572016000300239
Country:Brazil
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