Effect of Green Tea Extract on Copper Dynamics in Mouse Hair

Masaya KAWASE; Tadashi SAITO; Yukihiro NAKANO; Yoko YAMASHITA; Sayuri IMADA; Hitoshi ASHIDA

doi:10.3136/fstr.19.123

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Effect of Green Tea Extract on Copper Dynamics in Mouse Hair

Masaya KAWASE, Tadashi SAITO, Yukihiro NAKANO, Yoko YAMASHITA, Sayuri IMADA, Hitoshi ASHIDA

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Keywords: Cu dynamics, body hair, neutron activation analysis, green tea extract, catechin

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2013 Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 123-125

DOI https://doi.org/10.3136/fstr.19.123

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Abstract

To investigate the effect of catechins on Cu dynamics in mice, the body hair of mice administered with or without green tea extract was subjected to neutron activation analysis at a research reactor. Neutron activation analysis revealed that green tea extract might have the ability to promote excretion of Cu from the body to the hair.

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