Green tea extract protects against early alcohol-induced liver injury in rats

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 383, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 663-670

  Arteel, Gavin E ^a   Uesugi, Takehiko ^a   Bevan, Leslie N ^a   Gäbele, Erwin ^a   Wheeler, Michael D ^a   McKim, Stephen E ^a   Thurman, Ronald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Flavonoids; Polyphenols; Procyanidins

Indexed keywords

2 OXO 4 THIAZOLIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYNONENAL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; EBSELEN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUNPHENON DCF 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TEA; TUBE FEEDING; URINE LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036249442     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2002.068     Document Type: Article

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