Bolus ingestion of white and green tea increases the concentration of several flavan-3-ols in plasma, but does not affect markers of oxidative stress in healthy non-smokers

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1636-1645

  Müller, Nadine ^a   Ellinger, Sabine ^a   Alteheld, Birgit ^a   Ulrich Merzenich, Gudrun ^b   Berthold, Heiner K ^c   Vetter, Hans ^b   Stehle, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Bolus ingestion; Green tea; Oxidative stress; White tea

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHIN; FLAVAN 3 OL; FLAVAN-3-OL; FLAVONOID; FOLIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; TEA;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHIN; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMA; SMOKING; TEA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349263501     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200900390     Document Type: Article

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