The green tea extract epigallocatechin gallate is able to reduce neutrophil transmigration through monolayers of endothelial cells

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 278-282

  Hofbauer, Roland ^a   Frass, Michael ^b   Gmeiner, Bernhard ^b   Handler, Silvia ^b   Speiser, Wolfgang ^b   Kapiotis, Stylianos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug influence; Endothelial cell monolayers; Epigallocatechin gallate; Flavonoids; Green tea extract; Neutrophil migration

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NORMAL HUMAN; TEA;

CATECHIN; CELL MIGRATION INHIBITION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; NEUTROPHILS; TEA;

EID: 0033537824     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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