Green tea extract-induced acute hepatotoxicity in rats

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 163-174

  Emoto, Yuko ^a   Yoshizawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Kinoshita, Yuichi ^a   Yuki, Michiko ^a   Yuri, Takashi ^a   Yoshikawa, Yutaka ^b   Sayama, Kazutoshi ^c   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Green tea; Hepatotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Rats

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDRO 5,6 DIHYDROXYTHYMIDINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASPASE 3; CYCLINE; DNA; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE;

AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

EID: 84908318942     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.27.2014-0007     Document Type: Article

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