Green tea extracts lower serum folates in rats at very high dietary concentrations only and do not affect plasma folates in a human pilot study

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Augustin, K ^a   Frank, J ^a   Augustin, S ^a   Langguth, P ^b   Ohrvik, V ^c   Witthoft, C M ^c   Rimbach, G ^d   Wolffram, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Catechins; Folates; Human; Rat

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FOLIC ACID; GALLOCATECHIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; PLACEBO; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; SYNAPSIN I; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RAT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA; WISTAR RAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350218727     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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