White tea (Camellia sinensis) extract reduces oxidative stress and triacylglycerols in obese mice

White tea (Camellia sinensis) extract reduces oxidative stress and triacylglycerols in obese mice

White tea is an unfermented tea made from young shoots of Camellia sinensis protected from sunlight to avoid polyphenol degradation. Although its levels of catechins are higher than those of green tea (derived from the same plant), there are no studies addressing the relationship between this tea an...

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Main Authors: Lílian Gonçalves Teixeira, Priscilla Ceci Lages, Tatianna Lemos Jascolka, Edenil Costa Aguilar, Fabíola Lacerda Pires Soares, Solange Silveira Pereira, Nathalia Ribeiro Mota Beltrão, Rafael de Oliveira Matoso, André Márcio do Nascimento, Rachel Oliveira de Castilho, Jacqueline Isaura Alvarez Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2012-12-01
Series:Food Science and Technology
Subjects:
dieta hiperlipídica
obesidade
estresse oxidativo
chá branco
Camellia sinensis
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