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Green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) reduces beta-amyloid mediated cognitive impairment and modulates tau pathology in Alzheimer transgenic mice.
Brain research - 12 Jun 2008
Rezai-Zadeh Kavon, Arendash Gary W, Hou Huayan, Fernandez Frank, Jensen Maren, Runfeldt Melissa, Shytle R Douglas, Tan Jun
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported that intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection (20 mg/kg) of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the main polyphenolic constituent of green tea, decreased beta-amyloid (Abeta) levels and plaques via promotion of the non-amyloidogenic alpha-secretase proteolytic pathway in "Swedish" mutant amyloid precursor protein overexpressing (APPsw, Tg) mice. Here, we find that EGCG administered orally in...
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