Effects of green tea fractions on oxygen-induced retinal neovascularization in the neonatal rat

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Saito, Yuta ^a   Hasebe Takenaka, Yasuko ^a   Ueda, Toshihiko ^a   Nakanishi Ueda, Takako ^a   Kosuge, Shotaro ^a   Aburada, Masaki ^b   Shimada, Tsutomu ^b   Ikeya, Yukinobu ^b   Onda, Hidetoshi ^a   Ogura, Hirotsugu ^a   Taguchi, Yoko ^a   Yasuhara, Hajime ^a   Koide, Ryohei ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Green tea; Neovascularization; Oxygen induced retinopathy; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

APYRASE; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEA;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547944962     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.2007006     Document Type: Article

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