Epigallocatechin gallate enhances biliary cholesterol secretion in healthy rats and lowers plasma and liver cholesterol in ethinylestradiol-treated rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 691, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Hirsova, Petra ^a   Kolouchova, Gabriela ^a   Dolezelova, Eva ^b   Cermanova, Jolana ^a   Hyspler, Radomir ^c   Kadova, Zuzana ^a   Micuda, Stanislav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biliary secretion; Cholesterol metabolism; Epigallocatechin gallate; Ethinylestradiol

Indexed keywords

ABC BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G5; ABC BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G8; ABC TRANSPORTER; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; BIOACCUMULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEALTH; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIVER; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84865025199     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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