Ilex paraguariensis decreases tumour necrosis factor alpha concentration

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01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Consumption of yerba mate had a strong antiinflammatory effect, significantly decreasing plasma levels of all (but IL‐2) interleukins as well as TNF‐α and INF‐γ in all participants.”

Quoted verbatim from Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hill.) Tea May Have Cardiometabolic Beneficial Effects in Healthy and At-Risk Subjects: A Randomized, Controlled, Blind, Crossover Trial in Nonhabitual Consumers.

This finding among the 70 findings on its endpoint

Ilex paraguariensis

Tumour necrosis factor alpha concentration

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Who: Healthy normocholesterolemic and hypercholesterolemic adults (non-habitual mate consumers) in a randomized crossover trial; comparator was a decaffeinated isotonic drink; both groups pooled
Dose studied: not reported

Limited evidencePMID 40263915 · 2025

02 · The study

Study: crossover
Duration: not reported

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03 · The paper

Molecular nutrition & food research

Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hill.) Tea May Have Cardiometabolic Beneficial Effects in Healthy and At-Risk Subjects: A Randomized, Controlled, Blind, Crossover Trial in Nonhabitual Consumers.

2025PMID 40263915doi 10.1002/mnfr.70065

A later check left this paper out of the papers counted for Ilex paraguariensis; the finding stays because it matches the quoted sentence.

What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y091Y562R3EVW78E8M5DEA