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Green Tea Protects the Brain During Spinal Cord Injury

by Sheela Philomena on Aug 25 2014 9:52 PM

 Green Tea Protects the Brain During Spinal Cord Injury
In case of a spinal cord injury, the polyphenols in green tea can protect people's brain, reveals new research.
Jianbo Zhao and co-workers from the First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning Medical University, China found that polyphenols found in green tea are strong antioxidants and can reduce free radical damage.

It also effectively alleviated oxidative stress and inhibits neuronal apoptosis, indicating that green tea polyphenols play a protective role in spinal cord neurons under oxidative stress.

The study is published in the Neural Regeneration Research.

Source-ANI


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