Green tea prevents hyperglycemia-induced retinal oxidative stress and inflammation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Kumar, Binit ^a   Gupta, Suresh Kumar ^a   Nag, Tapas Chandra ^b   Srivastava, Sushma ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Diabetic retinopathy; Electron microscopy; Green tea

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA INDUCED RETINAL OXIDATIVE STRESS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA CAPILLARY; TEA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 80053901365     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330051     Document Type: Article

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