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Tea substance helps diabetic patients wound healing: research
KUNMING, Aug 08, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) — Chinese researchers have found that
substances used in tea may be useful to speed up skin wound recovery in
diabetic patients.
Sheng Jun, president of Yunnan Agricultural University, led a group of
researchers to use epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a substance commonly
found in tea, to help wound healing in mice.
The recovery rate of mice using EGCG was 18 percent higher than those not
using the substance. It has proven useful in reducing the inflammation
response of diabetic mice, by targeting the Notch signaling pathway, he said.
China has over 100 million diabetic patients. Delayed wound healing is one
of the most prominent clinical manifestations of diabetes and lacks
satisfactory treatment options, he said.
The findings provide insight into the therapeutic strategy for diabetic
wounds and recommend EGCG as a potential medicine to treat chronic wounds, he
added.
The research findings were published in the Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology Journal.
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