期刊名称：Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN：0301-4800
电子版ISSN：1881-7742
出版年度：2010
卷号：56
期号：3
页码：211-215
DOI：10.3177/jnsv.56.211
出版社：Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要：The preventive effects of C-2 epimeric isomers of (−)-epigallocatechin-3- O -gallate (EGCG) and the O -methylated derivative, (−)-epigallocatechin-3- O -(3- O -methyl)gallate (EGCG3''Me), against ovalbumin-induced type I allergy in male mice were investigated. EGCG and EGCG3''Me exhibited strong antiallergic effects by oral administration at doses of 25 and 50 mg/kg body weight. The antiallergic effects of their C-2 epimers, (−)-gallocatechin-3- O -gallate and (−)-gallocatechin-3- O -(3- O -methyl)gallate (GCG3''Me), on mouse type I allergy were almost equivalent to and/or as strong as those of the corresponding original catechins, respectively. Oral administration of these compounds at a dose of 50 mg/kg body weight tended to suppress the increases in interleukin-4 levels in the abdominal walls of allergic mice and immunoglobulin E levels in the serum of allergic mice. In particular, the administration of GCG3''Me exhibited significant effects on the production and/or release of these parameters stimulating type 2 T helper cells and mast cells in the type I allergic process. These results indicated that C-2 epimerization of tea catechins, which are produced during heat processing at high temperatures, would not be disadvantageous for preventive effects on type I allergy.
关键词：tea;catechin;O-methylated catechin;type I allergy;epimerization
