Effect of Aqueous Extracts of Green Tea in Arsenic induced Toxicity in Mice
Author(s) -
Nahid Fatmi,
Noureen Fatima,
M. Z. Shahzada,
Surbhi Sharma,
Reetesh Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open journal of plant science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2640-7906
DOI - 10.17352/ojps.000007
Subject(s) - arsenic , toxicity , arsenic toxicity , oxidative damage , polyphenol , green tea , chemistry , environmental chemistry , aqueous extract , toxicology , food science , oxidative stress , biology , antioxidant , traditional medicine , biochemistry , medicine , organic chemistry
Ground water arsenic contamination is a global problem affecting thousands of people worldwide, thus present study was aimed to evaluate the hypothesis that green tea extracts, having high polyphenolic content, might be able to combat the oxidative cellular damage caused by arsenic toxicity and to prevent further development of free radicals.
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