(-)-Epigallocatechin gallate as an intervention for the acute treatment of cerebral ischemia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Rahman, Rosanna M A ^a   Nair, Shiva M ^a   Helps, Stephen C ^b   Shaw, Odette M ^a   Sims, Neil R ^b   Rosengren, Rhonda J ^a   Appleton, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin gallate; Catechin; Cerebral ischemia; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; STROKE; TESTIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATECHIN; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LIVER; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 19544379721     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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