Therapeutic properties of green tea against environmental insults

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-13

  Chen, Lixia ^a   Mo, Huanbiao ^b   Zhao, Ling ^c   Gao, Weimin ^d   Wang, Shu ^d   Cromie, Meghan M ^d   Lu, Chuanwen ^a   Wang, Jia Sheng ^e   Shen, Chwan Li ^f  

^a 1966 Services   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoke; Green tea; Heavy metal; Mycotoxin; PCB; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; CASPASE 3; CATECHIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYCOTOXIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYPHENOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARSENIC POISONING; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIVER PROTECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMOKING; TEA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASM;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATECHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TEA;

EID: 84991447763     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.05.005     Document Type: Review

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