HELICOBACTER PYLORI VIRUS

GREEN TEA
(ppm = parts per million)

1. Doses of green tea extract in drinking water (500, 1000,and 2000 ppm for 6 weeks) suppressed the Helicobacter pylori virus in animals that had been injected with the virus. Green tea extract may be an alternative to antibiotics in treating H. pylori.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Oct 24;310(3):715-719. 
Suppression of Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis by green tea extract in Mongolian gerbils.
Matsubara S, Shibata H, Ishikawa F, Yokokura T, Takahashi M, Sugimura T, Wakabayashi K.