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Journal of Tea Science ›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (S1): 573-578.

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Effect of Pu-erh Tea on Liver Pathology of High-fat Rats

HOU Yan1, XIAO Rong2,*, SHAO Wan-fang1, TIAN Yang2   

  1. 1. College of Long Run Pu-erh Tea, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China;
    2. College of Animal Science Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
  • Received:2010-10-15 Revised:2010-12-20 Online:2010-12-20 Published:2019-09-11

Abstract: To investigate the effect of Pu-erh tea on liver pathology of high-fat rats, SD rats were divided into eight groups, namly control group, hyperlipidemia model group, and six dose groups including the low, medium and high doses groups of fermented Pu-erh tea and unfermented Pu-erh tea (0.5 g/kg, 1.5 g/kg, 3.0 g/kg). After administered by gavage for 30 d, the rats were sacrificed and the liver pathology was observed. Simultaneously, the level of TC, TG and HDL-C in blood were determined. The result showed that after given the Pu-erh tea, hepatic steatosis caused by high-fat diet in rats had been improved correspondingly in a dose-dependent manner and the blood-fat of rats with hyperlipidemia was reduced remarkably.

Key words: Pu-erh tea, fatty liver, blood-fat

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