(-) Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) prevents lipid changes and collagen abnormalities in chronic ethanol-fed rats

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Kaviarasan, S ^a   Viswanathan, P ^a   Ravichandran, M K ^a   Anuradha, C V ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aldehyde Content; Collagen; EGCG; Ethanol; Lipids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; COLLAGEN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FATTY LIVER; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 45849083491     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376510701511737     Document Type: Article

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