The major green tea polyphenol, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate, induces heme oxygenase in rat neurons and acts as an effective neuroprotective agent against oxidative stress

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue , 2009, Pages 492S-499S

  Romeo, Loriana ^a   Intrieri, Mariano ^c   D'Agata, Velia ^b   Ontario, Maria Laura ^b   Oriani, Giovannangelo ^c   Mangano, Nunzio Guido ^d   Scapagnini, Giovanni ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d ITALIAN MEDICINES AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

( ) epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Green tea; Heme oxygenase; Oxidative stress; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TEA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEME OXYGENASE-1; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TEA;

RATTUS;

EID: 77951546947     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2009.10718116     Document Type: Article

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