Green tea extract decreases muscle necrosis in mdx mice and protects against reactive oxygen species

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 749-753

  Buetler, Timo M ^a   Renard, Mathilde ^a   Offord, Elizabeth A ^b   Schneider, Heinz ^c   Ruegg, Urs T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c HealthEcon Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Dystrophin; Green tea; mdx mice; Muscle necrosis; Muscular dystrophy; Prevention; Reactive oxygen species; X linked congenital disease

Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MOUSE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036194789     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/75.4.749     Document Type: Article

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