Green tea component may help preserve stored platelets, tissues

Monday, September 14, 2009 - 10:28 in Biology & Nature

In two separate studies, a major component in green tea, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has been found to help prolong the preservation of both stored blood platelets and cryopreserved skin tissues.

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