Theanine improves stress resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 988-993

  Gong, Yushun ^a   Luo, Yunfeng ^b   Huang, Jian an ^a   Zhang, Jianwei ^a   Peng, Yuxuan ^a   Liu, Zhonghua ^a,c   Baolu, Zhao ^b  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Heat shock protein; Stress resistance; Theanine

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84866148238     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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