(-)-Epigallocatechin gallate protects against NO stress-induced neuronal damage after ischemia by acting as an anti-oxidant

Brain Research

Volumn 956, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 319-322

  Nagai, Kaoru ^a   Jiang, Min Hai ^a   Hada, Junichi ^a   Nagata, Tetsu ^a   Yajima, Yukio ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Nishizaki, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin gallate; Hippocampus; Ischemia; Nitric oxide; Polyphenol; Protection

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRITE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATECHIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037195581     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03564-3     Document Type: Article

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