INGESTÃO PROLONGADA DE CHÁ BRANCO NOS PARÂMETROS HEMATOLÓGICOS DE RATAS WISTAR

Abstract

The white tea in a healthy drink, but this tea can interfere in some growth factors involved in the metabolism. Therefore, the aim of this work was to verify the effect of the white tea chronic ingestion in the haematological parameters of female Wistar rats. There were utilized two groups of rats: control (n=30) that received water and the group that received only white tea to drink (n=30). The experiment lasts three months and in the end of each month, 10 rats of each group were euthanized and the blood of animals was collected for cell blood count. The statistical analysis was ANOVA tests followed of Tukey analysis and T tests, differences were consider when P<0.05. No one statistical difference was observed between the groups in the blood cell count. The conclusion is the white tea does not interfere in the haematological parameters of Wistar rats.

Keywords

• Camellia sinensis
• catechin
• hemogram
• leukogram
• blood cell count