Mechanism of protection by epicatechin against tert-butylhydroperoxide induced oxidative cell injury in isolated rat hepatocytes and calf thymus DNA

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 659-664

  Valls Belles V ^a   Muniz P ^a   Gonzalez P ^a   Gonzalez Sanjose M L ^a   Beltran, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Epicatechin; Glutathione; Tert butylhydroperoxide

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DNA; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; SCAVENGER; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; THYMUS;

EID: 0037049898     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(01)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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