Effects of short-term consumption of a large amount of tea catechins on chromosomal damage, oxidative stress markers, serum lipid, folic acid, and total homocysteine levels: A randomized, double-blind, controlled study

Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Yoshikawa, Toshihiro ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuda, Katsuhiko ^b   Niino, Hitoshi ^c   Sagesaka, Yuko M ^c   Kakuda, Takami ^c   Toyoizumi, Kiichiro ^a   Matsumoto, Keiji ^a   Kosuge, Kazuhiro ^a   Uchida, Shinya ^a   Onoue, Satomi ^a   Yamada, Shizuo ^a   Umegaki, Keizo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c 421 0516   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catechins; Chromosomal damage; Dyslipidemia; LDL cholesterol; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOPROSTANE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84857333647     PISSN: 03881601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3999/jscpt.43.9     Document Type: Article

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