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Camellia sinensisFinding

Camellia sinensis has no detected effect on tumour necrosis factor alpha concentration

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“However, green tea intake did not show a beneficial impact on CRP (WMD: 0.01 mg/L; 95% CI: −0.14, 0.15; I2 = 94.0%; Fig. 2), IL-6 (WMD: −0.34 pg/mL; 95% CI: −0.94, 0.26; I2 = 84.2 %; Fig. 2), or TNF-α (WMD: −0.07 pg/mL; 95% CI: −0.42, 0.28; I2 = 90.3 %; Fig. 2).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of green tea supplementation on antioxidant status and inflammatory markers in adults: a grade-assessed systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
This finding among the 70 findings on its endpoint

Camellia sinensis

Tumour necrosis factor alpha concentration

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.07mean difference

CI −0.42 to 0.28

Who
Adults in 8 randomised placebo-controlled trials of green tea, pooled across healthy people and several patient groups
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 40160899 · 2025

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Journal of nutritional science
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZVVC5GZ4N3RKZVWDQW6H3F