Full Description
This book provides evidence to support the health-promoting components of green tea for human health. It explores the significance of green tea and its catechins represented by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), demonstrating their beneficial effects on diseases including cancer, obesity, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, hepatitis, and neurodegenerative diseases. The present status of human studies and avenues for future research are discussed. It is written by a team of experts from across the globe and makes significant Japanese findings available to international researchers. It is an essential resource for researchers interested in the biochemistry and pharmacology of green tea, and functional foods and beverages.
Contents
Part 1: Overall Perspective 1: Efficacy of Tea in Human Health 2: Characteristics of Japanese Green Tea 3: Research on Tea and Human Health in China and the Contribution to the Development of Chinese Tea Industry 4: Studies on Japanese Scientists on the Health Effects of Green Tea 5: Health Related Studies of Tea in Africa 6: Efficient Synthesis of Catechin Probe and Its Molecular Dynamics 7: Bioavailability and Biotransformation of Tea polyphenols Part 2: Anti-Cancer Effects 8: Tea Catechins in Cancer Prevention and Therapy- Molecular Mechanism and Human Relevance 9: Green Tea Catechins for the Prevention of Colorectal Tumorigenesis: from Bench to Bed 10: Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG Sensing Receptor 11: Clinical Trials and New Drug Development Part 3: Effects on Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Diseases 12: Preventive Effects of Obesity by Green Tea and its Components 13: The Effects of Tea Gallolyl Catechins on the Reduction of Body Fat 14: Protective Effects of Green Tea Catechins on Cardio- and Cerebral Vascular Diseases 15: Preventive Effects on Human Obesity 16: Anti-diabetic Effects Part 4: Other Health Beneficial Effects of Tea Catechins and other Constituents 17: Impact of Green Tea Catechins on Multi-drug-resistant Bacterial Pathogens 18: Effects of Green Tea on Influenza Infection and the Common Cold 19: Immune Regulatory Effect of Green Tea 20: Protective Effects of Catechins on Hepatitis and Liver Fibrosis 21: Effects of Green Tea Catechins on Aging and Dementia 22: Green Tea in the Protection against Neurodegeneration 23: Effect of High-Molecular-Weight Polyphenol (Mitochondria Activation Factor) Derived from Black Tea and Oolong Tea on Mitochondria Function 24: Effects of Theanine and Other Ingredients of Tea on Stress and Aging 25: Green Tea and Oral Health 26: Radioprotective Effects of Green Tea 27: Effects of Catechins on Intestinal Flora
