Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 477-483 , May 2005

Green tea polyphenols suppress nitric oxide–induced apoptosis and acetylcholinesterase activity in human neuroblastoma cells

  • Joo Ho Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Mujo Kim

      Affiliations

    • Pharma Foods International, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8357, Japan
    • ,
  • Hye Kyung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food and Biotechnology, Hanseo University, Seosan 356-706, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 41 660 1454; fax: +82 41 660 1119.

Received 14 December 2003 ,Revised 8 October 2004 ,Accepted 3 February 2005.

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PII: S0271-5317(05)00052-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.02.002

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 477-483 , May 2005

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