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A component in green tea may act as a preservative for stored blood, Japanese researchers said. The study, published in Cell Transplantation, found green tea contains a strong anti-oxidant -- epigallocatechin, better known as EGCG -- that may help prolong platlet shelf life. Currently, the storage duration for platelet cells is limited to five days internationally or three days in Japan. When EGCG was added to blood platelet concentrates, aggregation and coagulation functions were...

Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea "” one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement "” may help improve bone health. They found that the tea contains a group of chemicals that can stimulate bone formation and help slow its breakdown. Their findings are in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication. The beverage has the potential to help in the prevention and treatment of...

In two separate studies, a major component in green tea, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has been found to help prolong the preservation of both stored blood platelets and cryopreserved skin tissues. Published in the current double issue of Cell Transplantation (18:5/6), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct, devoted to organ preservation and transplantation studies from Japan, the two complimentary studies have shown that EGCG, known to have strong...

An animal study at Purdue University has shown that adding ascorbic acid and sugar to green tea can help the body absorb helpful compounds and also demonstrates the effectiveness of a model that could reduce the number of animals needed for these types of studies.Mario Ferruzzi, associate professor of food science and nutrition, adapted a digestion model with human intestinal cells to show that adding ascorbic acid to green tea would increase the absorbability of catechins found in the tea....

Ascorbic acid and sugar added to green tea can help the body absorb helpful catechins found in the tea, U.S. researchers said. Mario Ferruzzi of Purdue University adapted a digestion model with human intestinal cells to show that adding ascorbic acid -- vitamin C -- to green tea would increase the absorbability of catechins found in the tea. Catechins -- a class of polyphenols common in tea, cocoa and grape -- are anti-oxidants thought to fight heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and...

NAPLES, Fla., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia among the elderly and is projected to increase in prevalence over the next decades as the population ages -- creating an urgent need for treatments that will prevent or reverse the now-inexorable course of cognitive deterioration and memory loss. Because development of synthetic drugs is expensive and complex, many researchers are focusing on botanical extracts whose benefits have been documented...

DENVER, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Jane's Soda Inc. has launched a beverage that delivers a euphoric experience only possible from the use of Kava Root. This unique soda stimulates a positive mood, increases mental clarity and reduces stress without causing inebriation or any negative side effects. "In today's environment, stress is a constant," said Creator/CEO Matt Moody. "We created Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda as an alternative to alcohol, for people who want a healthy, natural and legal...

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- RIESTER creative from Utah's End Meth Now campaign has been selected by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to become a key resource to states across the country in the fight against meth use. In contrast to other approaches combating meth addiction, the End Meth Now campaign inspires hope and enlists the help of loved ones in fighting the drug. "We've had the privilege of working on many successful campaigns, but feel extremely proud...

A new study of 1.6 million people has turned up "limited" proof that green tea can help avoid some kinds of cancer."We can say for certain that green tea consumption can never account for cancer prevention alone," Dr. Katja Boehm of the Unconventional and Complementary Methods in Oncology Study Group in Nuremberg, Germany, said to Reuters Health. "The lack of interventional studies in this field, where many health claims have been made in the past, is one of the most salient points of the...

Turmeric may help lower risk of breast cancer after exposure to hormone replacement therapy, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in the journal Menopause, found curcumin -- a component of the spice turmeric -- delayed the first appearance, decreased incidence and reduced multiplicity of progestin-accelerated tumors in an animal model. Progestin is a synthetic progestagen that has effects similar to the hormone progesterone. Curcumin also prevented the appearance of gross...