Green tea polyphenol ( - )-epigallocatechin gallate prevents oxidative damage on periventricular white matter of infantile rats with hydrocephalus

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 203-209

  Etus, Volkan ^b   Altug, Tuncay ^a   Belce, Ahmet ^a   Ceylan, Savas ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin gallate; Green tea; Hydrocephalus; Lipid peroxidation; Periventricular white matter

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; KAOLIN; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HYDROCEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CATECHIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HYDROCEPHALUS; KAOLIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEA;

EID: 0242441577     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.200.203     Document Type: Article

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