The Major Green Tea Polyphenol, (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate, Induces Heme Oxygenase in Rat Neurons and Acts as an Effective Neuroprotective Agent against Oxidative Stress

Abstract

In this study, we demonstrated that EGCG, the major green tea catechin, induced HO-1 expression in cultured neurons, possibly by activation of the transcription factor Nrf2, and by this mechanism was able to protect against oxidative stress-induced cell death.