The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 20, Issue 10 , Pages 816-822, October 2009

Green and black tea extracts inhibit HMG-CoA reductase and activate AMP kinase to decrease cholesterol synthesis in hepatoma cells☆

  • Dev K. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • ,
  • Subhashis Banerjee

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • ,
  • Todd D. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 859 257 1137.

Received 15 May 2008; received in revised form 24 July 2008; accepted 29 July 2008. published online 17 October 2008.

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☆ Supported in part by grant AT-003488 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0955-2863(08)00173-3

doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.07.011

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 20, Issue 10 , Pages 816-822, October 2009

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