Therapeutic Effects of Tea creates awareness of the multiple benefits of drinking tea.

Features:

• Presents a state-of-the-art and definitive effects of tea extracts and tea compounds in preventing human diseases
• Includes benefits from cardiac problems to cancer and from bone degeneration to gastric disorders

Contents

Black Tea

• Difference between Black and Green Tea
• The Harvest
• Producers of Black Tea
• Tea Processing in Relation to Release of Therapeutic Compounds

Green Tea

• Processing
• Biochemical Characteristics
• Biological Properties of Green Tea

The Diversity of Therapeutic Compounds in Tea

• Polyphenols
• Caffeine
• Vitamins
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids
• Triterpenoids
• Carotenoids and Pigments
• Minerals
• Overall Distribution of Compounds

Production of Therapeutic Compounds in Tea

• Polyphenols
• Theaflavins and Thearubigins

Pharmacological Evaluation of the Medicinal Properties of Tea

• Pharmacological Aspects Associated with Tea Consumption
• Cardiovascular System
• Cancer
• Tea and Dental Health
• Tea and Fluid Replenishment
• Gastrointestinal System
• Neurological Effects of Tea
• Antihyperglycemic Activity
• Antiinflammatory and Antiarthritic Actions
• Skin and Topical Wound Healing Activity
• Antimicrobial Action
• Angiogenesis Inhibition
• Absorption of Tea Flavonoids
• Potential Health Concerns Associated with Tea Consumption
• Tea and Iron Absorption

Beneficial Health Effect of Black Tea: Increasing Evidence

• Composition and Chemistry of Tea
• Pharmacological Properties of Tea
• Antioxidative Effects of Tea
• Modulation of Metabolizing/ Detoxifiying Enzymes
• Modulation of Immune Function
• Antimutagenic Activity
• Anticarcinogenic Activity
• Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
• Germicidal and Antiviral Activity
• Regulation of Intestinal Microflora
• Prevention of Dental Caries

Tea as a Protectant in Human Cancer

• Effects of Tea on the Incidence of Human Cancer
• Interaction of Genetic Actions in
• Carcinogenesis in Humans

Cancer Prevention by Cancer Regression and Rejuvenation of Host’s Defense System: Dual Role of Tea

• Cancer and the Intrinsic Defense Machinery of the Host
• A Tug-of-War
• Dietary Therapy
• Why Tea?
• Tea and its Constituents - A Historic View
• Hypothesis

Black Tea as an Antidote for Cigarette Smoke-induced Oxidative Damage of Proteins

• Materials and Methods

Cancer Chemoprevention by Tea Polyphenols

Osteoporosis - An Overview: Its Possible Therapeutic Management by Phyto-oestrogens

• Inhibitors of Bone Resorption
• Oestrogen
• Calcitonin
• Biphosphonates
• New Approaches to Inhibition of Bone Resorption
• Osteoporosis and Phyto-oestrogens

Tea and Health: Beyond Hype

• The Core Compounds
• Flavonoids in Tea Infusion
• Antioxidant Activity of Tea Flavonoids
• Tea Flavonoids and Cancer
• Caveats

Index

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