Green tea catechins adsorbed on the murine pharyngeal mucosa reduce influenza A virus infection

Green tea consumption reduces influenza incidence in human populations. However, where and how green tea exerts its anti-viral activities remain unclear. Here, we examined the adsorption of green tea catechins on the pharyngeal mucosa at 3–60 min after ingestion of green tea extract (GTE) and the ro...

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Main Authors: Shintaro Onishi, Takuya Mori, Hidetoshi Kanbara, Taichi Habe, Noriyasu Ota, Yuki Kurebayashi, Takashi Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464620301183