Crocin prevents the death of rat pheochromyctoma (PC-12) cells by its antioxidant effects stronger than those of α-tocopherol

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Ochiai, Takashi ^a   Ohno, Shigekazu ^a   Soeda, Shinji ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Shoyama, Yukihiro ^b   Shimeno, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Antioxidant; Crocin; Lipid peroxidation; Neuronal death; PC 12 cells; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CASPASE 8; CROCIN; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE LIPID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PC12 CELLS; RATS;

EID: 2442604428     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.067     Document Type: Article

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