Long-term administration of green tea catechins increases antioxidative actions and enhances neurogenesis in the hippocampus of rats

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 131-140

  Himi, Kohinoor B ^a   Hashimoto, Michio ^a   Katakura, Masanori ^a   Haque, Abdul M ^a   Hara, Yukihiko ^b   Shido, Osamu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hara Office Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidative action; Green tea catechins; Neurogenesis; Oxidative stress; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BROXURIDINE; CATALASE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 81255209042     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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