Tea catechin supplementation increases antioxidant capacity and prevents phospholipid hydroperoxidation in plasma of humans

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3967-3973

  Nakagawa, Kiyotaka ^a   Ninomiya, Manabu ^b   Okubo, Tsutomu ^b   Aoi, Nobuyuki ^b   Juneja, Lekh Raj ^b   Kim, Mujo ^b   Yamanaka, Kenji ^c   Miyazawa, Teruo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAIYO KAGAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Sasakawa Clinic of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Human plasma; Lipid peroxidation; Phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide; Tea catechin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE HYDROPEROXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROXYLATION; INGESTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEA; TIME;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TEA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033212825     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf981195l     Document Type: Article

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