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Protective effect of green tea extract against the erythrocytic oxidative stress injury during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice

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The present study has been undertaken to monitor the extent of oxidative stress in mice infected with M. tuberculosis and the role of crude green tea extract in repairing the oxidative damage. The mice were divided into three groups of 9 each; normal, infected-untreated and infected-treated. The infected group of animals exhibited significant enhancement of erythrocytic catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities along with elevated levels of erythrocytic total thiols and plasma lipid peroxidation as compared to normal animals. The infected group also exhibited significantly decreased activity of superoxide dismutase and levels of glutathione in erythrocytes. Upon oral administration of green tea extract for seven days the oxidative stress parameters were reverted back to near normal levels as evidenced by a fall in catalase, glutathione peroxidase, total thiol and extent of lipid peroxidation with concomitant increase in the levels of SOD and reduced glutathione in infected animals. The findings thus, portray that there is a high oxidative stress during early stages of tuberculosis and antioxidants such as green tea extract, can play a vital role by reducing stress through adjuvant therapy.

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    R.S. Guleria, Amita Jain & V. Tiwari

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Guleria, R., Jain, A., Tiwari, V. et al. Protective effect of green tea extract against the erythrocytic oxidative stress injury during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice. Mol Cell Biochem 236, 173–181 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016119718321

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