| abstract |
FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics. n SUBSTANCE: compositions are suggested that include green tea extract at high content of catechols, which, in particular, contains about 20-50% catechols against epigallocatechol gallate. The method is, also, suggested for treating and preventing due to applying preparations based upon green tea extract. Catechols observed at high concentration in green tea extracts are of inhibiting action onto catechol-O-methyltransferase, at the same time, coffeine concentration in green tea extracts according to the mentioned preparations inhibits phosphodiesterases that leads to increased activity of noradrenaline to thermogenesis. n EFFECT: higher efficiency of therapy. n 12 cl, 1 ex, 2 tbl |