Cocoa polyphenols exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancerogenic, and anti-necrotic activity in carbon tetrachloride-intoxicated mice

Cocoa polyphenols exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancerogenic, and anti-necrotic activity in carbon tetrachloride-intoxicated mice

The therapeutic effects of cocoa polyphenols on acute carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-intoxicated mice were investigated. After determining polyphenols profile in the cocoa extract (CE), CE at a dose of 34.5 mg/kg and epicatechin (EC) at a dose of 2.24 mg/kg were intraperitoneally (i.p.) administered to...

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Main Authors: Jasminka Giacometti, Damir Muhvić, Adriano Pavletić, Luka Ðudarić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Cocoa polyphenols
Epicatechin
Liver damage
Antioxidants
Inflammation
Oxidative stress
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646461600092X

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