Consumption of a green tea extract-curcumin drink decreases blood urea nitrogen and redox iron in β-thalassemia patients

• Main Authors: Pimpisid Koonyosying, Adisak Tantiworawit, Sasinee Hantrakool, Niramon Utama-Ang, Michael Cresswell, Suthat Fucharoen, John B. Porter, Somdet Srichairatanakool
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85078685763&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68200
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. The most important cause of death in β-thalassemia major patients is organ dysfunction due to iron deposits. Non-transferrin bound iron (NTBI), labile plasma iron (LPI) and labile iron pool are redox-active forms of iron found in thalassemia. Iron chelation the...