Green tea helps

It is known that green tea is rich in antioxidants and nutrients. It reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancer and promote weight loss. Now, scientists from the University of Washington and colleagues found from Germany: green tea component (epigallocatechin gallate) is useful for people with multiple myeloma and amyloidosis - a potentially fatal bone marrow abnormalities, reports Zee News.

Amyloidosis - a violation of protein metabolism. In one of its forms, AL-amyloidosis, abnormal immunoglobulin light chains appear in the blood plasma. They can accumulate in various organs such as the heart and kidney. Experts wanted to understand how the circuit works. Also, the researchers wanted to know how in the chain affects epigallocatechin gallate.

Scientists have light chain immunoglobulin 9 samples of patients with pathologies stagnant brain that caused multiple myeloma or amyloidosis. During the experiments, experts found that epigallocatechin gallate translating circuit to a safe state.