alpha catechin/diabetes mellitus

Hyperglycemia is a hallmark of diabetes mellitus which leads to the onset of complications in the long term. Green tea through its high content of polyphenolic catechins, on the other hand, is suggested to prevent or at least delay such detrimental complications. In the present study we fed the

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate whether a catechin isolated from GMB-4 green tea is able to increase the reducing equivalent system and nitric oxide (NO) level in endothelial cells exposed to high glucose (HG) level. METHODS Endothelial cells were obtained from human umbilical vascular

Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a catechin found in green tea, has been previously investigated for its neuroprotective effects in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate its possible beneficial effects in a well-established preclinical mixed model of familial Alzheimer's