News tagged with green tea extract

Polyphenol antioxidants inhibit iron absorption

Health benefits from polyphenol antioxidants -- substances found in many fruits and vegetables -- may come at a cost to some people. Penn State nutritional scientists found that eating certain polyphenols decreased the amount ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Promising pharmaceutical agents emerge as sports doping products

Researchers from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany found that non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic agents such as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the black market for their ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Green tea extract shows promise in leukemia trials

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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