L-Theanine prevents alcoholic liver injury through enhancing the antioxidant capability of hepatocytes

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 363-372

  Li, Guilan ^a   Ye, Yin ^b   Kang, Jingjing ^a   Yao, Xiangyang ^a   Zhang, Yizhou ^b   Jiang, Wei ^b   Gao, Min ^b   Dai, Yudong ^b   Xin, Yinqiang ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Yin, Zhimin ^a   Luo, Lan ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethanol induced liver injury; L Theanine; L02 cells; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME C; FAT DROPLET; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROCASPASE 3; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THEANINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; GLUTAMATES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR;

MUS;

EID: 84855265616     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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