Effects of Japanese black tea on atherosclerotic disorders.
The atherogenic index was found to be significantly better in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet supplemented with black tea extract than in the ones not given the extract. It was also evident that black tea inhibited the proliferation of smooth muscle cells involved in the development and progression of atherosclerosis, and suppressed the production of oxidized low-density lipoprotein, a cause of lipid accumulation. It thus seems likely that black tea has an antiatherosclerotic action.
Yokozawa
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Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
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Nakagawa
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Kim
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Hattori
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D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004435:Eating; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013113:Spin Labels; D013662:Tea / Q000378:metabolism*
D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D013113:Spin Labels; D013662:Tea; D002784:Cholesterol