Daily consumption of an aqueous green tea extract supplement does not impair liver function or alter cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers in healthy men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-62

  Frank, Jan ^a   George, Trevor W ^b   Lodge, John K ^c   Rodriguez Mateos, Ana M ^b   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^b   Minihane, Anne Marie ^b   Rimbach, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MARKER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATECHIN; CHROMANS; CREATININE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPIONATES; PROPIONIC ACIDS;

EID: 58649094195     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.096412     Document Type: Article

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