Endotoxin induced production of interleukin-6 is enhanced by vitamin E deficiency and reduced by black tea extract

Inflammation Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 301-305

  Amarakoon, A M T ^a   Tappia, P S ^a   Grimble, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black tea; Endotoxin; Interleukin 6; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CERULOPLASMIN; ENDOTOXIN; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; INFLAMMATION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CERULOPLASMIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; MALE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEA; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029093892     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02032573     Document Type: Article

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