News tagged with green tea extract


Green tea shows promise as chemoprevention agent for oral cancer, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer ...


Green tea extract shows promise in leukemia trials

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers are reporting positive results in early leukemia clinical trials using the chemical epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an active ingredient in green tea. The trial determined that patients with chronic ...





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White tea -- the solution to the obesity epidemic?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Possible anti-obesity effects of white tea have been demonstrated in a series of experiments on human fat cells (adipocytes). Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism have shown ...


Baby boomers' boon? LED light and green tea cream to smooth facial wrinkles

Baby boomers' boon? LED light and green tea cream to smooth facial wrinkles

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists in Germany are reporting a major improvement in their potential new treatment for facial wrinkles that could emerge as an alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery. The non-invasive technique combines ...


Green tea helps beat superbugs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (49) | comments 0

Green tea can help beat superbugs according to Egyptian scientists speaking today at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.


Antifibrotic effects of green tea

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects ...


Go green for healthy teeth and gums

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

With origins dating back over 4,000 years, green tea has long been a popular beverage in Asian culture, and is increasingly gaining popularity in the United States. And while ancient Chinese and Japanese medicine believed ...


The benefits of green tea in reducing an important risk factor for heart disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0

More evidence for the beneficial effect of green tea on risk factors for heart disease has emerged in a new study reported in the latest issue of European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. The study ...


Green tea may help prevent autoimmune diseases

Green tea may help prevent autoimmune diseases

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 19, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Green tea may help protect against autoimmune disease, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.


Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to supplement antiretrovirals.


Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones

Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones, report Chinese scientists in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm.


Study finds that green tea blocks benefits of cancer drug

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Contrary to popular assumptions about the health benefits of green tea, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have found that the widely used supplement renders a cancer drug used to treat multiple myeloma ...



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