Pu-erh tea reduces nitric oxide levels in rats by inhibiting inducible nitric oxide synthase expression through toll-like receptor 4

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 7174-7185

  Xu, Yang ^a   Wang, Guan ^a   Li, Chunjie ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Zhao, Hang ^a   Sheng, Jun ^b   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Polysaccharides; Pu erh tea; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; CATECHIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; TEA; THEABROWNIN; TLR4 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; NOS GENE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84862505711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13067174     Document Type: Article

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