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dc.contributor.authorKarori, S.M .
dc.contributor.authorNgure, R.M.
dc.contributor.authorWanyoko, J.K.
dc.contributor.authorWachira, F.N.
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-18T12:45:37Z
dc.date.available2015-09-18T12:45:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/1830
dc.description.abstractAn in vivo study was carried out to determine the effect of different types of Kenyan tea extracts on male Swiss albino mice infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei isolate KETRI 2710. The isolate produced a similar clinical picture after a pre-patent period of five days post-infection (DPI). Parasitemia levels in the untreated mice and those given different tea developed exponentially at similar rates reaching the peak of parasitemia 8 DPI. Between 9 and 13 DPI parasitemia decreased more rapidly in tea treated compared to the untreated mice which indicated that tea lowered parasitemia. Anaemia indicated by a fall in erythrocyte packed cell volume (PCV) occurred within 4 DPI and remained below the normal levels until the terminal stages of the disease. A significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed 11 DPI between the tea treated and the untreated mice indicating that tea enhanced resistance to erythrocyte destruction. Mice treated with tea exhibited significantly (P < 0.01) reduced parasite induced hypoalbuminemia as compared to the untreated demonstrating that tea ameliorated inflammation induced by T. brucei brucei. Black tea, which is the principle tea product from Kenya, displayed remarkable properties some even comparable to those of green tea. Tea was more efficacious than dexamethasone, an established anti-inflammatory drug, demonstrating its therapeutic potential.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAlbuminen_US
dc.subjectInflammationen_US
dc.subjectParasitemiaen_US
dc.subjectPacked Cell Volumeen_US
dc.subjectTeaen_US
dc.subjectTrypanosomosisen_US
dc.titleThe anti-inflammatory properties of Kenyan teaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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