Antioxidative and antimutagenic effects of theaflavins from black tea

Mutation Research Letters

Volumn 323, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 29-34

  Shiraki, Mayumi ^a   Hara, Yukihiko ^a   Osawa, Toshihiko ^b   Kumon, Harue ^b   Nakayama, Tsutomu ^b   Kawakishi, Shunro ^b  

^a Food Research Laboratories Mitsui Norin Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimutagenicity; Antioxidative activity; Black tea; Theaflavin

Indexed keywords

GALLIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYPHENOL; PROTECTIVE AGENT; THEAFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; TEA;

ANIMAL; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOCYCLOHEPTENES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IN VITRO; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUTAGENS; RABBITS; RATS; TEA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0028179642     PISSN: 01657992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(94)90041-8     Document Type: Article

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