News and discussion on Green Tea (EGCG)

Green tea is a drink made from the steamed and dried leaves of the Camellia sinesis plant, a shrub native to Asia. Green Tea has been used as a medicine in China for about 4000 years. There are four primary polyphenols in green tea & they are often collectively known as catechins. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is one of most powerful polyphenol and it has anti-oxidant properties.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Green Tea Blocks HIV in Test Tubes

An antioxidant in green tea may block HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, from attaching to an important molecule on immune system cells.
That finding is based on lab tests done on human blood cells, not people. The lab tests were done by Christina Nance, PhD, and colleagues. Nance works in Houston, at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine

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Green Tea Blocks HIV in Test Tubes

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