The phytochemical, EGCG, extends lifespan by reducing liver and kidney function damage and improving age-associated inflammation and oxidative stress in healthy rats

Aging Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1041-1049

  Niu, Yucun ^a   Na, Lixin ^a   Feng, Rennan ^a   Gong, Liya ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Sun, Changhao ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EGCG; Inflammation and oxidative stress; Lifespan; Liver and kidney; Phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; SIRTUIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIFESPAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EGCG; INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS; LIFESPAN; LIVER AND KIDNEY; PHYTOCHEMICALS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CATECHIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART RATE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIPIDS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SIRTUIN 1;

EID: 84888114698     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acel.12133     Document Type: Article

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