Liver injury-preventive effect of tea theanine in rats

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-33

  He, P ^a   Wada, S ^a   Watanabe, N ^a   Sugiyama, Kimio ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D galactosamine; Green tea; Liver injury; Rats; Theanine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034033564     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2000.tb15951.x     Document Type: Article

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