New insights into the mechanisms of polyphenols beyond antioxidant properties; lessons from the green tea polyphenol, epigallocatechin 3-gallate

Redox Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-195

  Kim, Hae Suk ^a   Quon, Michael J ^c   Kim, Jeong a ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; EGCG; Polyphenol; Pro oxidant

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLYPHENOL; TEA; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AUTOPHAGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DNA METHYLATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TEA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; NEUROPROTECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUTOPHAGY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATECHIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYPHENOLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84893196378     PISSN: 22132317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2013.12.022     Document Type: Review

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