Oral administration of (-)catechin protects against ischemia-reperfusion-induced neuronal death in the gerbil

Free Radical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-365

  Inanami, O ^a   Watanabe, Y ^b   Syuto, B ^b   Nakano, M ^c   Tsuji, M ^a   Kuwabara, M ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

( )Catechin; Flavonoid; Gerbil; Hippocampus; Ischemia reperfusion; Reactive oxygen species (ROIs)

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; CATECHIN; DRINKING WATER; FLAVONOID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REPERFUSION; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CATECHIN; CELL DEATH; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPIN LABELS; SUPEROXIDES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0032432385     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715769800300401     Document Type: Article

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