Berry intake increases the activity of the γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase promoter in transgenic reporter mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2137-2140

  Carlsen, Harald ^a   Myhrstad, Mari C W ^a   Thoresen, Magne ^a   Moskaug, Jan Øivind ^a   Blomhoff, Rune ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Berries; Luciferase; Synthetase; Transgenic reporter mice; glutamylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BERRY EXTRACT; ELLAGIC ACID; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; LUCIFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BERRY; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FRUIT; LIVER LEVEL; MOUSE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROMOTER REGION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0038606419     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.7.2137     Document Type: Article

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