by Yukihiko Hara

Responding to the increasing scientific validation of the numerous health benefits of tea, Green Tea: Health Benefits and Applications offers a timely and comprehensive overview of the inherent properties, chemical and biochemical functions, actions for lowering the risks of cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancers, and underlying mechanisms of tea polyphenols.

It also reveals the bioantimutagenic potency of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) found in green tea! Supporting the effectiveness of tea against age- and lifestyle-related diseases with over 20 years of laboratory studies, Green Tea: Health Benefits and Applications

• Reviews the major constituents and the biosynthesis and fermentation processes in green and black teas

• Examines the key health benefits of tea polyphenols such as the antioxidative, radical-scavenging, protein-binding, and metal-chelating actions

• Analyzes effective methods for extracting and isolating tea polyphenols

• Investigates cancer-fighting properties and adjuvant therapies for neoplasias found in tea from cell growth inhibition and lipid suppression to detoxifying enzyme production

• Addresses the effects of polyphenols on blood sugar and low blood-pressure levels

• And much more!

Green Tea: Health Benefits and Applications makes for an indispensable and expedient reference for human and animal nutritionists, dietitians, food scientists and technologists, biochemists, organic and analytical chemists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, physiologists, physicians in general practice, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Contents

1. Introduction to the History of Tea
2. Biosynthesis of Tea Catechins
3. Fermentation of Tea
4. Methods of Extracting Polyphenolic Constituents of Tea Leaves
5. Antioxidative Action of Tea Polyphenols
6. Radical Scavenging Action
7. Antibacterial Action
8. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
9. Anticariogenic Action
10. Antiviral Action of Tea Polyphenols
11. Prevention of Cancer by Tea Polyphenols
12. Lipid Lowering Effects
13. Hypoglycemic Action of Tea Polyphenols
14. Hypotensive Action of Tea Polyphenols
15. Effects on Intestinal Flora
16. The Fate of Tea Catechins After Oral Intake
17. Efficacy of the Health Benefits of Black Tea or Black Tea Polyphenols
18. Toxicology
19. Practical and Industrial Applications
20. Tea in Japan

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