Sanchaita Misra, Abu Md Ashif Ikbal, Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, Minakshi Hore, Snehasis Mishra, Sankha Karmakar, Alakendu Ghosh, Ravurushanmuk Srinivas, Abhik Das, Shivankar Agarwal, Krishna Das Saha, Prashant Bhardwaj, Ishvarlal Bhudarbhai Ubhadia, Parasar Ghosh, Sirshendu De, Onkar Nath Tiwari, Debprasad Chattopadhyay, Partha Palit
The epigallocatechin-rich polyphenolic fraction of Assam variety white tea, traditionally used for the management of diverse inflammatory ailments and health drink, was investigated through eco-friendly green aqueous extraction, TLC, and HPLC characterization, phytochemical screening, in vitro DPPH assay, anti-proteinase, MTT assay on synovial fibroblast and colon cancer cells, apoptotic FACS analysis, cytokine ELISA, p-STAT3 western blotting, and in silico docking analysis. HPLC-TLC standardized white tea fraction (WT-F) rendered higher extractive-yield (21%, w/w), than green tea fraction(GT-F) (12%, w/w)...
October 30, 2022: Journal of Food Biochemistry