The effects of chronic melatonin treatment on myocardial function and ischaemia and reperfusion injury in a rat model of diet-induced obesity

Thesis (MScMedSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Obesity is a major risk factor for ischaemic heart disease. Obesity-induced metabolic abnormalities have been associated with increased oxidative stress which may play an important role in the increased susceptibility to my...

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Main Author: Nduhirabandi, Frederic
Other Authors: Du Toit, E. F.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4493