Figure 5.
Effects of EGCG administration on the activity of AChE, and nNOS, Aβ and APP protein expression, in anesthesia-induced mice. (A) ELISA was performed to determine the effect of EGCG administration on AChE activity in anesthesia-induced mice. (B) Representative protein bands for nNOS, Aβ and APP protein expression by western blotting analysis. Densitometric analysis of western blotting results was performed to quantify and statistically analyze the protein expression of (C) nNOS, (D) Aβ and (E) APP. **P<0.01 vs. control group; ##P<0.01 vs. anesthesia model group. EGCG, (−)epigallocatechin-3-gallate; AChE, acetylcholinesterase; nNOS, nitric oxide synthase; Aβ, β-amyloid; APP, amyloid precursor protein.