Potential neuroprotective properties of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Singh, Neha Atulkumar ^a   Mandal, Abul Kalam Azad ^a   Khan, Zaved Ahmed ^b  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Adesh University ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cell signalling; EGCG; Iron chelator; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ADAM10 ENDOPEPTIDASE; ALPHA SECRETASE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FREE RADICAL; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; LIPID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; POLYPHENOL; TEA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYPHENOLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA;

EID: 84974686578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-016-0179-4     Document Type: Review

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