Component
Human erythrocyte COMT activity
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1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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What it does
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What acts on it
After 750 mg EGCG in 24 volunteers, erythrocyte COMT activity increased by 24% at two hours rather than decreasing.
Experimental context and source evidence
- experimental_model
- Single exposure; 14 women and 10 men; COMT genotype assessment.
- limitations
- Red-cell activity at one time point is not a measurement of brain or liver COMT. No general catecholamine or fat-burning claim follows.
- nutrient_topic
- EGCG collection; comparator and shared-pathway records retain their actual intervention. · Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)
- plain_language
- The measured human red-cell result did not match a simple inhibition prediction.
- primary_references
- The activity of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is not impaired by high doses of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in vivo. · 2014 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24972245/ · DOI 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.06.014
EGCG: receptor signaling, metabolism, nutrient interactions and discovery questions (2026-09-18) · lines 180–186
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Single exposure; 14 women and 10 men; COMT genotype assessment. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## egcg-comt-human The measured human red-cell result did not match a simple inhibition prediction. After 750 mg EGCG in 24 volunteers, erythrocyte COMT activity increased by 24% at two hours rather than decreasing. Model: Single exposure; 14 women and 10 men; COMT genotype assessment. Limitations: Red-cell activity at one time point is not a measurement of brain or liver COMT. No general catecholamine or fat-burning claim follows. Evidence access: primary abstract. The activity of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is not impaired by high doses of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in vivo. · 2014 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24972245/ · DOI 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.06.014
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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