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The effect of epigallocatechin gallate on suppressing disease progression of ALS model mice.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Mar 2006
Koh Seong-Ho, Lee Sang Mok, Kim Hyun Young, Lee Kyu-Yong, Lee Young Joo, Kim Hee-Tae, Kim Juhan, Kim Myung-Ho, Hwang Myung Sil, Song Chiwon, Yang Ki-Wha, Lee Kwang Woo, Kim Seung Hyun, Kim Ok-Hee
Abstract excerpt
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a constituent of green tea, and increasing evidence suggests that EGCG has neuroprotective effects on oxidative stress-injured neuronal cells, especially motoneurons. Although the neuroprotective effects of EGCG have been demonstrated in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases and ischemic stroke models, there has been no report on the effect of EGCG on an in vivo model of...
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