Posted by psychobot5000 on August 13, 2007, at 17:34:41
In reply to green tea inhibits DAT ?, posted by linkadge on July 28, 2007, at 16:05:22
> Apparently, in addition to being a COMT inhibitor, green tea also inhibits the dopamine transporter.
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> http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=35122-green-tea-polyphenols
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> Take with a MAO-B inhibitor for a triple boost?
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> Linkadge
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>Seems like a good idea to me!
I wonder what the half-life of these polyphenols are--how frequently would one have to drink tea during the day to keep it up? Probably difficult to find the answer--but it would certainly be interesting to find out from Parkinson's patients whether green tea was useful.
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