The flavonoid baicalin counteracts ischemic and oxidative insults to retinal cells and lipid peroxidation to brain membranes

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 53, Issue 6-8, 2008, Pages 325-337

  Jung, S H ^a   Kang, K D ^a   Ji, D ^a   Fawcett, R J ^a   Safa, R ^a   Kamalden, T A ^a   Osborne, N N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baicalin; Cell culture; Flavonoid; Glaucoma; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Oxidative stress; Retina

Indexed keywords

BAICALIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC NERVE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

RATTUS;

EID: 56649103692     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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