Green Tea Ingestion by Rats Does Not Affect Iron Absorption but Does Alter the Composition of the Saliva Proteome

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Bolus ingestion of white and green tea increases the concentration of several flavan-3-ols in plasma, but does not affect markers of oxidative stress in healthy non-smokers

✍ Nadine Müller; Sabine Ellinger; Birgit Alteheld; Gudrun Ulrich-Merzenich; Heiner 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 146 KB

## Abstract White tea (WT) is rich in flavan‐3‐ols as green tea (GT) and might provide health protective effects due to the strong antioxidant properties of flavan‐3‐ols. Since intervention studies with WT are lacking, we evaluated the effects of WT consumption on antioxidant status, antioxidant ca