Catechin derivatives: Specific inhibitor for caspases-3, 7 and 2, and the prevention of apoptosis at the cell and animal levels

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 741-746

  Katunuma, Nobuhiko ^a   Ohashi, Atsushi ^a   Sano, Etsuko ^a   Ishimaru, Naozumi ^b   Hayashi, Yoshio ^b   Murata, Etsuko ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Catechin; D Galactosamine; Serum aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CATECHIN; CATHEPSIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HELA CELL; LIVER CELL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASES; CATECHIN; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GALACTOSAMINE; HELA CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31444431741     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.087     Document Type: Article

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