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Juan C. Mayo

Researcher at University of Oviedo

Publications -  102
Citations -  12898

Juan C. Mayo is an academic researcher from University of Oviedo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Melatonin & Prostate cancer. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 99 publications receiving 11561 citations. Previous affiliations of Juan C. Mayo include University of Texas at San Antonio & International Sleep Products Association.

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Regulation of antioxidant enzymes: a significant role for melatonin.

TL;DR: This report reviews the studies which document the influence of melatonin on the activity and expression of the antioxidative enzymes glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutases and catalase both under physiological and under conditions of elevated oxidative stress and analyses the possible mechanisms by which melatonin regulates these enzymes.
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Melatonin as an antioxidant: under promises but over delivers.

TL;DR: It is the current feeling of the authors that, in view of the widely diverse beneficial functions that have been reported for melatonin, these may be merely epiphenomena of the more fundamental, yet‐to‐be identified basic action(s) of this ancient molecule.
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Chemical and physical properties and potential mechanisms: melatonin as a broad spectrum antioxidant and free radical scavenger.

TL;DR: Under in vivo conditions, melatonin is often several times more potent than vitamin C and E in protecting tissues from oxidative injury when compared at an equivalent dosage (micromol/kg).
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Melatonin as an antioxidant: biochemical mechanisms and pathophysiological implications in humans.

TL;DR: Melatonin's functions as an antioxidant include: a), direct free radical scavenging, b), stimulation of antioxidative enzymes, c), increasing the efficiency of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and reducing electron leakage (thereby lowering free radical generation), and 3), augmenting the efficiencyof other antioxidants.
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Melatonin: a hormone, a tissue factor, an autocoid, a paracoid, and an antioxidant vitamin

TL;DR: It seems likely that melatonin initially evolved as an antioxidant, becoming a vitamin in the food chain, and in multicellular organisms, where it is produced, it has acquired autocoid, paracoid and hormonal properties.