Genoprotective effects of green tea (Camellia sinensis) in human subjects: Results of a controlled supplementation trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-179

  Han, K C ^a   Wong, W C ^a   Benzie, Iris F F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Comet assay; DNA; Functional food; Green tea; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GENOPROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEA; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; COMET ASSAY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 79951670852     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510003211     Document Type: Article

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