O-methylation of tea polyphenols catalyzed by human placental cytosolic catechol-o-methyltransferase

Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1024-1030

  Zhu, Bao Ting ^a   Patel, Ushma K ^b   Cai, May Xiaoxin ^b   Conney, Allan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; POLYPHENOL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

CATECHIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOSOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; PHENOLS; PLACENTA; POLYMERS; PREGNANCY; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; TEA;

EID: 0033827207     PISSN: 00909556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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