Quantitative evaluation of the beneficial effects in the mdx mouse of epigallocatechin gallate, an antioxidant polyphenol from green tea

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 811-827

  Nakae, Yoshiko ^a   Dorchies, Olivier M ^a   Stoward, Peter J ^a   Zimmermann, Benno F ^b,c   Ritter, Christina ^c   Ruegg, Urs T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Institut Prof Dr Georg Kurz GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Epigallocatechin gallate; Fibrosis; Locomotor activity; Mdx mouse; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; POLYPHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEA; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CATECHIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPHENOLS; TEA;

MUS;

EID: 84865132471     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-0926-3     Document Type: Article

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