A thought on the biological activities of black tea

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-404

  Sharma, Vasundhara ^a   Rao, L Jagan Mohan ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antioxidant; Biological activities; Black tea; Chemical composition; Tea

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; METHYLXANTHINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; FERMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; TEA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DESICCATION; FERMENTATION; FLAVONOIDS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; TEA; XANTHINES;

EID: 66149130343     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390802068066     Document Type: Article

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