Age-related increase of oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in mice prevention by Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761)

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 969-978

  Schindowski, K ^a   Leutner, S ^a   Kressmann, S ^a   Eckert, A ^a   Muller W E ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 deoxy D ribose; Aging; Lymphocyte; Programmed cell death; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXYRIBOSE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; DEOXYRIBOSE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT 761; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; GINKGO BILOBA; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYRIBOSE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GINKGO BILOBA; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034862318     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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