Theaflavin-3-gallate and theaflavin-3′-gallate, polyphenols in black tea with prooxidant properties

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-74

  Babich, Harvey ^a   Gottesman, Reena T ^a   Liebling, Emily J ^a   Schuck, Alyssa G ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CATALASE; COBALT; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; THEAFLAVINE 3 GALLATE; THEAFLAVINE 3' GALLATE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIFLAVONOIDS; CATECHIN; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBROBLASTS; FLAVONOIDS; GALLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUTH; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 45749090051     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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