Phytochemicals

Research from University of Illinois in the area of phytochemicals published

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, November 2nd, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "Yerba mate tea (Ilex paraguariensis) is growing in popularity around the world. The objective of this study was to investigate the potential anti-inflammatory effect of yerba mate tea (MT) extracts as well as some of its phytochemicals and their interactions."

"MT and decaffeinated MT extracts [1-300 mc M chlorogenic acid (CHA) equiv]; CHA, caffeine from MT (matein), and mate saponins (1-300 mc M); quercetin (1-200 mc M); and ursolic and oleanolic acids (1-100 mc M) were tested by measuring their ability to inhibit COX-2/PGE(2) and iNOS/NO pathways in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages. Mate saponins (IC50 = 20 mc M)...

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Source: Pain and Central Nervous System Week (2009-11-02)

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