Evaluation of Green Tea as Antioxidant Agent in Management of Oral Lichen Planus

Summary

The study included forty individuals divided into 3 groups. 10 control subjects, 15 oral lichen planus (OLP) patients who were treated with topical corticosteroids and 15 oral lichen planus (OLP) patients who were treated with topical corticosteroids and green tea tablets.

Timeline

Start

2013-06

Primary completion

2014-08

Completion

2014-10

Publications

• Results Agha-Hosseini F, Mirzaii-Dizgah I, Farmanbar N, Abdollahi M. Oxidative stress status and DNA damage in saliva of human subjects with oral lichen planus and oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Pathol Med. 2012 Nov;41(10):736-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2012.01172.x. Epub 2012 May 15.
• Results Nakagawa T, Yokozawa T. Direct scavenging of nitric oxide and superoxide by green tea. Food Chem Toxicol. 2002 Dec;40(12):1745-50. doi: 10.1016/s0278-6915(02)00169-2.
• Results Sander CS, Cooper SM, Ali I, Dean D, Thiele JJ, Wojnarowska F. Decreased antioxidant enzyme expression and increased oxidative damage in erosive lichen planus of the vulva. BJOG. 2005 Nov;112(11):1572-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00743.x.
• Results Singh BN, Shankar S, Srivastava RK. Green tea catechin, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): mechanisms, perspectives and clinical applications. Biochem Pharmacol. 2011 Dec 15;82(12):1807-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.07.093. Epub 2011 Jul 30.
• Results Zhang J, Zhou G. Green tea consumption: an alternative approach to managing oral lichen planus. Inflamm Res. 2012 Jun;61(6):535-9. doi: 10.1007/s00011-012-0440-z. Epub 2012 Feb 10.

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