date:Sep 18, 2012
The UK-based researchers have suggest the antioxidant effects of green tea polyphenols could be reversed when the compounds are used in nano-formulations after research published in Nanomedicine compared the effects of different polyphenol forms on white blood cells.
Led by Professor Diana Anderson from the University of Bradford, UK, the researchers revealed that the known antioxidant properties of polyphenols such as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and theaflavins can be reversed when they ar