The effects of roasted yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. ST. Hil.) consumption on glycemia and total serum creatine phosphokinase in patients with traumatic brain injury

The effects of roasted yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. ST. Hil.) consumption on glycemia and total serum creatine phosphokinase in patients with traumatic brain injury

Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients were treated with non-commercial roasted mate tea (MT). Plants were identified botanically and roasted at 200 °C for 20 min. Eight patients were selected, of whom 4 were non-treated and 4 received MT in nasoenteric tube or oral diet for 14 days. MT-treate...

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Main Authors: Mariana Carvalho Ribeiro, Ândria Santos, Liza Ghassan Riachi, Antonio Carlos Babo Rodrigues, Geraldo Ceni Coelho, Paulo Sérgio Marcellini, Cleonice Alves de Melo Bento, Carlos Alberto Bastos de Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Mate tea
TBI patient
Chlorogenic acid
Glycemia and CPK
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464616303796

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