BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF GREEN TEA EXTRACTS.

The purpose of our study was to determine effects of green tea extracts on the Jurkat cells incubated under oxidative stress conditions. The research was conducted on leukemic human mature T cells (Jurkat cells). For the modelling of oxidative stress 30% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (Sigma) (10 μl, 25 μl 50 μl and 100 μl) was added to Jurkat cell suspension with subsequent incubation for 4, 6, 8 and 24 h.

Green tea, red wine and lemon extracts reduce experimental tumor growth and cancer drug toxicity.

Aim: To evaluate antitumor effect of plant polyphenol extracts from green tea, red wine lees and/or lemon peel alone and in combination with antitumor drugs on the growth of different transplanted tumors in experimental animals.

Materials And Methods: Green tea extract (GTE) was prepared from green tea infusion. GTE-based composites of red wine (GTRW), lemon peel (GTRWL) and/or NanoGTE as well as corresponding nanocomposites were prepared.

Effects of green and black tea biocomposites on endogenous synthesis, metabolism and genotoxic effect of carcinogenic N-nitrosodimethylamine.

Aim: To study the modifying effect of green and black tea biocomposites on endogenous synthesis and genotoxic action of the carcinogenic N-nitrosodimethylamine.

Methods: Green and black tea biocomposites were administered to the white inbred rats in vivo. Amidopyrine and sodium nitrite were used as N-nitrosodimethylamine precursors and 4-methylpyrazol as an inhibitor of its metabolism.

[Regulation of phenol oxidase activity with sulfur dioxide as the base for production of high-quality instant green tea].

The possibility to regulate phenoloxidase activity with sulfur dioxide was studied. It was found that this compound is a potent inhibitor of phenoloxidase of the reversible and mixed type. The inhibitory effect of sulfur dioxide on phenoloxidase provided grounds for a new biotechnological approach to the production of instant green tea.

[Thermostabilities of plant phenol oxidase and peroxidase, determining the technology of their use in food industry].

Stabilities of phenol oxidase and peroxidase from tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) clone Kolkhida leaves, apple (Malus domestica L.) cultivar Kekhura fruits, walnut (Juglans regia L.

[Intracellular localization and characteristics of monophenol monooxygenase in the leaves of tea plants].

The intracellular localization and some properties of monophenol monooxygenase (MPMO) from fresh tea leaves have been studied. It has been demonstrated that MPMO activity is located in cytosole and chloroplasts. These two forms have different properties.