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May, 2009

Beneficial Effects of Fermented Green Tea Extract in a Rat Model of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION
  • Kazuo Nakamoto
  • ,
  • Fusako Takayama
  • ,
  • Mitsumasa Mankura
  • ,
  • Yuki Hidaka
  • ,
  • Toru Egashira
  • ,
  • Tetsuya Ogino
  • ,
  • Hiromu Kawasaki
  • ,
  • Akitane Mori

Volume
44
Number
3
First page
239
Last page
246
Language
English
Publishing type
DOI
10.3164/jcbn.08-256
Publisher
JOURNAL CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY & NUTRITION

Oxidative stress is frequently considered as a central mechanism of hepatocellular injury in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of fermented green tea extracts (FGTE) on NASH. Rats were fed a choline-deficient high-fat diet for 4 weeks to nutritionally generate fatty livers. NASH was induced chemically by oxidative stress using repeated intraperitoneal injections of nitrite. Rats with NASH developed steatohepatitis and liver fibrosis after 6-week of such treatment. At 10 weeks, blood and liver samples were collected from anesthetized animals and assessed for extent of OS injury and effects of FGTE, by biochemical, histological and histochemical analyses. FGTE reduced serum levels of liver enzymes, lipid peroxidation and production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. In addition, FGTE showed inhibition of progressions of cirrhosis. Our findings suggest that our FETE have strong radical scavenging activity and may be beneficial in the prevention of NASH progression.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3164/jcbn.08-256
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19430612
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2675021
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000267849600006&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.3164/jcbn.08-256
  • ISSN : 0912-0009
  • eISSN : 1880-5086
  • Pubmed ID : 19430612
  • Pubmed Central ID : PMC2675021
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000267849600006

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