A modulating effect of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a tea catechin, on the bladder of rats exposed to water avoidance stress

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 287-292

  Bazi, Tony ^a   Hajj Hussein, Inaya Abdallah ^a   Awwad, Johnny ^a   Shams, Ali ^a   Hijaz, Miriana ^a   Jurjus, Abdo ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

EGCG; green tea; interstitial cystitis; mast cells; painful bladder syndrome; rats; water avoidance stress

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; URINARY FREQUENCY; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CELL DEGRANULATION; CYSTITIS, INTERSTITIAL; DEFECATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMERSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MAST CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; WATER;

EID: 84875382899     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.22288     Document Type: Article

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