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Study says green tea extract could help fight leukemia

Reported by: Marchelle Lee
Email: mlee@abc15.com
Last Update: 5/29/2009 10:38 am
Tea leaves (Getty Images)
Tea leaves (Getty Images)
A new study published Thursday suggests that high doses of green tea may prove to be a life-saver for leukemia patients.

You can thank the chemical epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an active ingredient in green tea.

Mayo Clinic researchers are saying the patients that were given high doses of a green tea supplement saw significant improvements including a 50 percent reduction in the size of swollen lymph glands!

Researchers hope the active ingredient in green tea may increase the survival chances of leukemia patients with an aggressive form of the disease.

During the study, lymphocyte count was reduced in one-third of participants.

However, researchers say, you can't just pick up a bottle of green tea and feel the effects.

The benefits found in the study came from the green tea extract.

The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.




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