Green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate protects rat PC12 cells from apoptosis induced by serum withdrawal

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Mandel, Silvia ^a   Reznichenko, Lydia ^a   Amit, Tamar ^a   Youdim, Moussa B H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Alzheimer's disease; Apoptosis; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Parkinson's disease; PKC

Indexed keywords

CASP3 PROTEIN, RAT; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CATECHIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PC12 CELLS; RATS;

EID: 1342269755     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033171     Document Type: Article

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