Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2015

EVALUATION OF KOMBUCHA CONSUMPTION AGAINST MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Reema Orison Lobo, Chandrakala Shenoy K

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 Kombucha is a fermented beverage produced from sugared black tea which is said to possess many health benefits. The present study was designed to know whether Kombucha is able to exert protective benefits against myocardial infarction. The animals were divided into negative control, positive control, black tea pre–treated and Kombucha pre–treated animals. The levels of cardiac marker (cardiac troponin T), antioxidant (ceruloplasmin) and the prognostic markers for the degree of cardiac injury (serum uric acid, serum iron, plasma iron binding capacity) were analyzed in the serum of rats belonging to all groups. An increase in the levels of cardiac troponin T, ceruloplasmin, serum iron, and serum uric acid along with a decrease in the levels of plasma iron binding capacity was observed in myocardial infarcted rats. Kombucha pre–treatment was able to protect the myocytes from adverse effects during myocardial infarction by decreasing the degree of tissue injury and by stabilizing the cellular and sub–cellular organelles.

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Reema Orison Lobo, Chandrakala Shenoy K Evaluation of Kombucha Consumption Against Myocardial Infarction International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 6 June 2015

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