Green tea: Health benefits

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-242

  Sinija, V R ^a   Mishra, H N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Catechins; EGCG; Green tea; Health benefits; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIOXIDANT; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; FLUCONAZOLE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTERITIS; EXERCISE; HAIR LOSS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 67651211583     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: 13646907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840802518785     Document Type: Review

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