"Green Tea Health: Benefits and Applications" by Yukihiko Hara (Repost)

This book elaborates on the significance of fermentation processes in green and black teas. Author provides a detailed treatise on this topic which particularly emphasizes the significant health benefits to be gained by the oral intake of tea catechins

A 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 reveals the bioantimutagenic potency of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) found in green tea.

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
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
1 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 Bene.ts of Black Tea or Black Tea Polyphenols
18 Toxicology
19 Practical and Industrial Applications
20 Tea in Japan
Index

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