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Supplement × Supplement·Evidence index

Green Tea Extract and Iron: what the published research says

PubMed indexes 6 records that name Green Tea Extract and Iron together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.

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Every statement below is attributed to a named, dated, linked source.

This page lists published research relevant to Green Tea Extract and Iron. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.

The research

6 studies naming Green Tea Extract and Iron.

Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.

EGCG activates Keap1/P62/Nrf2 pathway, inhibits iron deposition and apoptosis in rats with cerebral hemorrhage.

Scientific reports · 2024 · PMID 39732956

Animal study

“Through the activation of the Keap1/P62/Nrf2 pathway, EGCG inhibits inflammation, oxidative stress and iron deposition in rats with cerebral hemorrhage. EGCG inhibits oxidative stress, iron deposition and apoptosis in rats with ICH by activating Keap1/P62/Nrf2 pathway.”

Hao et al. · From the abstract

Names both Green Tea Extract and Iron in its title.

Effects of green tea polyphenols on inflammation and iron status.

Journal of nutritional science · 2023 · PMID 38155809

Animal study

“SAA concentrations were significantly lower in the LPS + EGCG group compared to LPS alone group. EGCG reduced SAA concentrations but did not affect hepcidin or improve serum iron concentration or other iron markers.”

Jorgenson et al. · From the abstract

Names both Green Tea Extract and Iron in its title.

Effects of green tea extract treatment on erythropoiesis and iron parameters in iron-overloaded β-thalassemic mice.

Frontiers in physiology · 2022 · PMID 36620219

“Furthermore, lipid-peroxidation products in the tissues and plasma were also decreased when compared with untreated mice. This is the first evidence of the orchestral role of green tea extract abundant with epigallocatechin-3-gallate in improving ineffective erythropoiesis, iron dysregulation and oxidative stress in iron-overloaded β-thalassemic mice.”

Settakorn et al. · From the abstract

Names both Green Tea Extract and Iron in its title.

Cell signaling pathways and iron chelation in the neurorestorative activity of green tea polyphenols: special reference to epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2008 · PMID 18953110

ReviewHuman subjects

“In particular, its main catechin polyphenol constituent (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) has been shown to exert neuroprotective/neurorescue activities in a wide array of cellular and animal models of neurological disorders. This review provides a detailed overview on the multimodal activities of green tea polyphenols with emphasis on their iron chelating, neurorescue/neuroregenerative and mitochondrial stabilization action.”

Mandel et al. · From the abstract

Names both Green Tea Extract and Iron in its title.

Green tea catechins as brain-permeable, natural iron chelators-antioxidants for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

Molecular nutrition & food research · 2006 · PMID 16470637

ReviewHuman subjects

“Tea flavonoids (catechins) have been reported to possess divalent metal chelating, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities, to penetrate the brain barrier and to protect neuronal death in a wide array of cellular and animal models of neurological diseases. This review aims to shed light on the multipharmacological neuroprotective activities of green tea catechins with special emphasis on their brain-permeable, nontoxic, transitional metal (iron and…”

Mandel et al. · From the abstract

Names both Green Tea Extract and Iron in its title.

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