@misc{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00070386,
 author = {Nakanishi, Ikuo and Kabir, ZOARDAR and Kamibayashi, Masato and Ohkubo, Kei and Kawashima, Tomonori and Matsumoto, Kenichiro and Fukuzumi, Shunichi and Ozawa, Toshihiko and Anzai, Kazunori and 中西 郁夫 and カビル ゾーダー and 上林 將人 and 川島 知憲 and 松本 謙一郎},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), a pineal hormone, is known to show efficient antioxidative activities.  It is also known that melatonin significantly protects mice against whole-body X-ray irradiation.  However, very little is known about the detailed mechanisms of such activities of melatonin.  In this study, we demonstrate that melatonin scavenges galvinoxyl and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals via an electron transfer from melatonin to the radicals rather than via a one-step hydrogen atom transfer in methanol.  The kinetic data together with the calculated thermodynamic parameters obtained in this study provide a detailed mechanistic insight into the antioxidative activities of melatonin., International Symposium on Free Radical Research: Contribution to Medicine},
 title = {Reaction of Melatonin with Free Radicals in a Protic Medium and the Mechanism},
 year = {2011}
}