Green tea extract and its polyphenols markedly inhibit luminol-dependent chemiluminescence activated by peroxynitrite or SIN-1

Luminescence

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-43

  Van Dyke, Knox ^a   McConnell, Paul ^a   Marquardt, Lori ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chemiluminescence; Green tea; Luminol; Peroxynitrite; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

CHEMILUMINESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BLUE LIGHT; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; GREEN TEA; GREEN TEA EXTRACTS; HALF LIVES; INJECTION MIXING; LUMINOLS; PEROXYNITRITES; POLYPHENOLS; SIMPLE++;

ANTIOXIDANTS;

3 MORPHOLINO SYDNONIMINE; 3-MORPHOLINO-SYDNONIMINE; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; LUMINOL; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; OXIDIZING AGENT; PEROXYNITRIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEA;

CATECHIN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FLAVONOIDS; KINETICS; LUMINOL; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYMERS; TEA;

EID: 0033628714     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-7243(200001/02)15:1<37::aid-bio550>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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