Tea polyphenols and quercetin preventing the heart, brain and liver from the injury by free radicals in comparison with ascorbic acid

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 223-231

  Dai, De Zai ^a   Chen, Shi Hong ^a   Feng, Yu ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Structure effect relationship; Tea polyphenols; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CORONARY REPERFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FENTON REACTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOLYSIS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEA;

EID: 4544229684     PISSN: 20956975     EISSN: 18755364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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