Theanine, a specific glutamate derivative in green tea, reduces the adverse reactions of doxorubicin by changing the glutathione level

Cancer Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Sugiyama, Tomomi ^a   Sadzuka, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

GCS, glutamylcystenyl synthetase; Cancer chemotherapy; DOX, doxorubicin; Doxorubicin; Glutamate; Glutathione; GSH, glutathione; GSHpx, glutathione peroxidase; GST, glutathione S transferase; Theanine

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HEART; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; TEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242888593     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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