ArticleJournal of medicinal food2021
Black and Green Tea as Well as Specialty Teas Increase Osteoblast Mineralization with Varying Effectiveness.
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Abstract
Many human studies suggest a benefit of tea consumption on bone health. The study objective was to compare the ability of different tea types to promote mineralization. Saos-2 cells underwent mineralization (5 days) in the presence of tea (white: WT, green: GT, black: BT, green rooibos: GR, or red rooibos: RR; 1 μg/mL of polyphenols) or control. Total polyphenol content (TPC, Folin-Ciocalteu's reagent), antioxidant capacity (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl [DPPH] scavenging), mineralization (Alizarin Red staining), gene expression quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR), and cell activity (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay) were determined. TPC was highest in GT and BT. The ability of each tea to inhibit DPPH also differed (WT, GT > RR) after normalizing for polyphenol quantity. Each tea increased mineralization and differences were observed among types (GT/BT/GR/RR > WT, GT = BT = GR, RR > BT/GT). mRNA expression of alkaline phosphatase (
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