Sage Tea Drinking Improves Lipid Profile and Antioxidant Defences in Humans

Williams, G, and Pickup, JC (2004). Handbook of Diabetes, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [3rd ed].

Moller, 2001, New drug targets for type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, Nature, 414, 821, 10.1038/414821a

Saxena, 2005, Postprandial hypertriglyceridemia and oxidative stress in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus with macrovascular complications, Clin. Chim. Acta, 359, 101, 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.03.036

Toth, 2005, High-density lipoprotein as a therapeutic target: Clinical evidence and treatment strategies, Am. J. Cardiol, 96, 50K, 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.008

Veiraiah, 2005, Hyperglycemia, lipoprotein glycation, and vascular disease, Angiology, 56, 431, 10.1177/000331970505600411

Celik, 2008, Determination of chemopreventive role of Foeniculum vulgare and Salvia officinalis infusion on trichloroacetic acid-induced increased serum marker enzymes lipid peroxidation and antioxidative defense systems in rats, Nat. Prod. Res, 22, 66, 10.1080/14786410701590426

Castro, 1999, Antioxidant enzymes and human diseases, Clin. Biochem, 32, 595, 10.1016/S0009-9120(99)00075-2

Feder, 1999, Heat-shock proteins, molecular chaperones, and the stress response: Evolutionary and ecological physiology, Annu. Rev. Physiol, 61, 243, 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.243

Bonassi, 2002, Biomarkers in molecular epidemiology studies for health risk prediction, Mutat. Res., 511, 73, 10.1016/S1383-5742(02)00003-0

Jin, 2004, Serum and lymphocyte levels of heat shock protein 70 in aging: A study in the normal Chinese population, Cell Stress Chaperon, 9, 69, 10.1379/1466-1268(2004)009<0069:SALLOH>2.0.CO;2

Costacou, 2003, Nutrition and prevention of type 2 diabetes, Annu. Rev. Nutr., 23, 147, 10.1146/annurev.nutr.23.011702.073027

Gruber, 2006, Diabetes prevention: Is there more to it than lifestyle changes?, Int. J. Clin. Pract, 60, 590, 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2006.00929.x

Jermendy, 2005, Can type 2 diabetes mellitus be considered preventable?, Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract, 68, S73, 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.03.010

Fernandes, 2007, An experimental evaluation of the antidiabetic and antilipidemic properties of a standardized Momordica charantia fruit extract, BMC Complement Altern. Med., 24, 7

Kumar, 1993, Hypoglycaemic effect of Coccinia indica: Mechanism of action, Planta Med, 59, 330, 10.1055/s-2006-959693

Venkateswaran, 2003, Effect of Coccinia indica leaves on antioxidant status in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, J. Ethnopharmacol, 84, 163, 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00294-5

Coimbra, 2006, Green tea consumption improves plasma lipid profile in adults, Nutr. Res, 26, 604, 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.09.014

Coimbra, 2006, The effect of green tea in oxidative stress, Clin. Nutr, 25, 790, 10.1016/j.clnu.2006.01.022

Polychronopoulos, 2008, Effects of black and green tea consumption on blood glucose levels in non-obese elderly men and women from Mediterranean Islands (MEDIS epidemiological study), Eur. J. Nutr, 47, 10, 10.1007/s00394-007-0690-7

2002, Investigation on the hypoglycaemic effects of extracts of four Mexican medicinal plants in normal and alloxan-diabetic mice, Phytother. Res, 16, 383, 10.1002/ptr.914

Eidi, 2005, Effect of Salvia officinalis L. leaves on serum glucose and insulin in healthy and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats, J. Ethnopharmacol, 100, 310, 10.1016/j.jep.2005.03.008

Lima, 2006, Metformin-like effects of Salvia officinalis (common sage): Is it useful in diabetes prevention?, Br. J. Nutr., 96, 326, 10.1079/BJN20061832

Jamal, 1999, Clinical features of hepatitis C-infected patients with persistently normal alanine transaminase levels in the Southwestern United States, Hepatology, 30, 1307, 10.1002/hep.510300526

Kim, 2004, Normal serum aminotransferase concentration and risk of mortality from liver diseases: Prospective cohort study, BMJ, 328, 983, 10.1136/bmj.38050.593634.63

Ravel, R (1989). Clinical Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Application of Laboratory Data, Mosby-Year Book Inc. [5th ed].

Sullivan, 2002, Screening for cardiovascular disease with cholesterol, Clin. Chim. Acta, 315, 49, 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00720-3

Nesto, 2005, Beyond low-density lipoprotein: Addressing the atherogenic lipid triad in type 2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome, Am. J. Cardiovasc. Drugs, 5, 379, 10.2165/00129784-200505060-00005

Plana, 2008, Plant sterol-enriched fermented milk enhances the attainment of LDL-cholesterol goal in hypercholesterolemic subjects, Eur. J. Nutr, 47, 32, 10.1007/s00394-007-0693-4

Raederstorff, 2003, Effect of EGCG on lipid absorption and plasma lipid levels in rats, J. Nutr. Biochem, 14, 326, 10.1016/S0955-2863(03)00054-8

Chen, 2001, Salvia miltiorrhiza inhibits intimal hyperplasia and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 expression after balloon injury in cholesterol-fed rabbits, J. Cell Biochem, 83, 484, 10.1002/jcb.1233

Scalbert, 2005, Dietary polyphenols and the prevention of diseases, Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nutr, 45, 287, 10.1080/1040869059096

Lima, 2005, The drinking of a Salvia officinalis infusion improves liver antioxidant status in mice and rats, J. Ethnopharmacol, 97, 383, 10.1016/j.jep.2004.11.029

Lima, 2006, Phenolic compounds protect HepG2 cells from oxidative damage: Relevance of glutathione levels, Life Sci, 79, 2056, 10.1016/j.lfs.2006.06.042

Lima, 2007, Water and methanolic extracts of Salvia officinalis protect HepG2 cells from t-BHP induced oxidative damage, Chem. Biol. Interact, 167, 107, 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.01.020

Lima, 2007, Drinking of Salvia officinalis tea increases CCl(4)-induced hepatotoxicity in mice, Food Chem. Toxicol, 45, 456, 10.1016/j.fct.2006.09.009

Gabai, 1997, Hsp70 prevents activation of stress kinases. A novel pathway of cellular thermotolerance, J. Biol. Chem, 272, 18033, 10.1074/jbc.272.29.18033

McCarty, 2006, Induction of heat shock proteins may combat insulin resistance, Med. Hypotheses, 66, 527, 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.033

Meldrum, 2003, Liposomal delivery of heat shock protein 72 into renal tubular cells blocks nuclear factor-kappaB activation, tumor necrosis factor-alpha production, and subsequent ischemia-induced apoptosis, Circ. Res., 92, 293, 10.1161/01.RES.0000057754.35180.99

Park, 2001, Hsp72 functions as a natural inhibitory protein of c-Jun N-terminal kinase, EMBO J, 20, 446, 10.1093/emboj/20.3.446

Bruce, 2003, Intramuscular heat shock protein 72 and heme oxygenase-1 mRNA are reduced in patients with type 2 diabetes: Evidence that insulin resistance is associated with a disturbed antioxidant defense mechanism, Diabetes, 52, 2338, 10.2337/diabetes.52.9.2338

Kurucz, 2002, Decreased expression of heat shock protein 72 in skeletal muscle of patients with type 2 diabetes correlates with insulin resistance, Diabetes, 51, 1102, 10.2337/diabetes.51.4.1102

Chung, 2008, HSP72 protects against obesity-induced insulin resistance, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105, 1739, 10.1073/pnas.0705799105

Gupte, 2009, Lipoic acid increases heat shock protein expression and inhibits stress kinase activation to improve insulin signaling in skeletal muscle from high-fat-fed rats, J. Appl. Physiol, 106, 1425, 10.1152/japplphysiol.91210.2008

Putics, 2008, Resveratrol induces the heat-shock response and protects human cells from severe heat stress, Antioxid. Redox. Signal, 10, 65, 10.1089/ars.2007.1866

Yan, 2004, Paeoniflorin, a novel heat shock protein-inducing compound, Cell Stress Chaperones, 9, 378, 10.1379/CSC-51R.1

Aebi, 1984, Catalase in vitro, Methods Enzymol, 105, 121, 10.1016/S0076-6879(84)05016-3