Amphiphilic properties of (-)-epicatechin and their significance for protection of cells against peroxynitrite

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Schroeder, Peter ^a   Klotz, Lars Oliver ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; BUFFER; CATECHIN; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; MORIN; OCTANOL; PEROXYNITRITE; RUTOSIDE; RUTOSIDE DERIVATIVE; TAXIFOLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACCUMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; LIPOPHILICITY; MOUSE; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

MURINAE;

EID: 0038387937     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01132-X     Document Type: Article

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