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Green tea suppresses D-galactosamine-induced liver injury in rats
K Sugiyama1, P He, S Wada
1Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|May 8, 1998
Abstract:
Dietary supplementation with powder of a green tea extract suppressed the enhancement of plasma alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activities induced by D-galactosamine, but not by carbon tetrachloride, in a dose-dependent manner in rats. The minimum dose to cause a significant effect was 1 to 2%. Drinking green tea also suppressed plasma enzyme activities. These results indicate that green tea had a liver injury-preventive effect.