Randomazied Intervention Study of beta-carotene, Chlorophyll and Catechin on Health Effects : a study on utilizing on biological makers such as mutagenicity, natural killer activity and sister chromatid exchange.

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About 200 volunteers of smokers who consumed 15 or more cigarettes a day were divided at random into three groups, beta-carotene (30 mg/day), chlorophyll (120 mg/day) and control (1 mg beta-carotene/day) groups. They were followed for six months with biochemical and other measurement of blood at three months intervals. The baseline (at the initiation of the study) examination indicates that vegetables and fruits intake were positively related to beta-carotene and other carotenoid levels. Tofu intake was unexpectedly, but strongly related to decreased the levels of beta-carotene and cryptoxanthine. Alcohol consumption was strongly and inversely associated with the levels of various carotenoids.As regards the effects of beta-carotene and chlorophyll, natural killer (NK) activities tended to decrease in 3 and 6 months later after the baseline examination for the two groups as well as for the control group.The frequencies of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) and micronuclei (MN) decreased in 3 and 6 months later for the two study groups, but the control groups showed similar tendency.Thus, the study did not provide clear-cut effects of beta-carotene and chlorophyll administration on selected biomarkers such as NK activities, SCE and MN frequencies.