Protective effects of green tea catechins against asbestos-induced cell injury

Planta Medica

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 762-764

  Kostyuk, V A ^a   Potapovich, A I ^a   Vladykovskaya, E N ^a   Hiramatsu, M ^b  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^b Yamagata Technopolis Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CATECHIN; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; IRON; POLYPHENOL; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; RAT; TEA;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; CATECHIN; ERYTHROCYTES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; RATS; TEA;

EID: 0034518915     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9567     Document Type: Article

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