Green tea and health : antioxidant properties, consumption and role in disease prevention / Nicholas Powell, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Nicolas, 1920-

Contributor:

Powell, Nicholas, editor.

Series:

Food and beverage consumption and health series.

Food and Beverage Consumption and Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tea--Health aspects.

Tea.

Tea--Therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

Green tea is a popular healthful beverage in many parts of the world and its medical properties have been extensively explored. Green tea originated in China and the chemistry of green tea is renowned by its presence of polyphenolic compounds, particularly catechins. This book reviews the antioxidant activities of green tea catechins, its consumption and the ways it prevents potential infections; the potential beneficial effects of green tea consumption on Diabetes mellitus and how it can be used to reduce severe brain damage as well as its use in treating obesity. Other chapters examine how c

Contents:

GREEN TEA AND HEALTH:ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES, CONSUMPTIONAND ROLE IN DISEASE PREVENTION; GREEN TEA AND HEALTH:ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES, CONSUMPTIONAND ROLE IN DISEASE PREVENTION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1:ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF GREENTEA CATECHINS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHEMISTRY; 3. LIPID OXIDATION; 4. FOOD ANTIOXIDANTS; 5. ANTIOXIDANT MECHANISM; 6. ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; 7. CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2:POTENTIAL FOR PREVENTION OF INFECTIONBY GREEN TEA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; GREEN TEA COMPOSITION

ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF GREEN TEAPREVENTION OF INFECTION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3:THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF INTRAHIPPOCAMPALAPPLICATION OF GREEN TEA LEAF EXTRACT ONALUMINIUM-INDUCED BRAIN TOXICITY; ABSTRACT; ABBREVIATIONS FOR FIGURES 2-7; INTRODUCTION; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; EFFECTS OF GREEN TEA IN THE BRAIN, INCLUDINGALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF GREEN TEA LEAF EXTRACT ONALUMINIUM-INDUCED BRAIN TOXICITY; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4:PREVENTIVE EFFECTS OF TEA CATECHINSON CARDIAC TRANSPLANT REJECTION; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION

2. EFFECTS OF TEA CATECHINS ON CARDIAC ALLOGRAFTS3. DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5:IMPACT OF GREEN TEA (CAMELLIA SINENSIS L.)CONSUMPTION IN DIABETES MELLITUS-INDUCEDNEURODEGENERATION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ORIGIN AND PRODUCTION OF GREEN TEA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GREEN TEA; GREEN TEA AND DIABETES MELLITUS; GREEN TEA AND NEURODEGENERATION; CONCLUSION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6NEW CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR TARGET OFEPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MECHANISMS OF ACTIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 7:ROLE OF EGCG IN REGULATION TYROSINE KINASEONCO-PROTEINS IN CANCERABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE REGULATION ROLE OF EGCG ON FLT3,KIT AND THEIR DOWNSTREAMSIGNALING MOLECULES; 3. FLT3 AND KIT ARE CLIENTS OF THE HEATSHOCK PROTEIN HSP90; 4. GTCS/EGCG DISRUPTED THE FLT3/HSP90 PROTEIN COMPLEX; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8:THE USE OF GREEN TEA IN TREATING OBESITY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; OBESITY; GREEN TEA; GREEN TEA USAGE IN WEIGHT LOSS AND WEIGHT MAINTENANCEIN OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE ADULTS; THE PROPOSED MECHANISMS OF ACTION OFGREEN TEA IN OBESITY; THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF GREEN TEA

CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; Chapter 9:AROMATIZED GREEN TEAS - THE CONTENT OFFLAVONOIDS AND METALS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 10:APPLICATION OF HILIC COLUMN FOR THEDETERMINATION OF CATECHINS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Blank Page; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-915-8