title: [Antioxidant and biological activity of melatonin].
abstract: Neurohormone melatonin controls the circadian rhytmicity of some biological processes, unites the functions of nervous, endocrine and immune systems. Melatonin is a powerful bioantioxidant, capable to be dissolved in water and lipids, runs through membranes and barriers, accumulates in cell nuclei and protects DNA from oxidative stress. Melatonin displays immunomodulating, radioprotective and antitumor activities.
authors.affiliation: Ukrainian Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology, Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine, Kyiv.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Baraboĭ
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008550:Melatonin / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D008550:Melatonin
vernacular_title: Antiokislitel'naia i biologicheskaia aktivnost' melatonina.