Antihypertensive Effect of Benifuuki Tea Containing O-Methylated EGCG

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1903-1908

  Kurita, Ikuko ^a   Maeda Yamamoto, Mari ^b   Tachibana, Hirofumi ^c   Kamei, Masanori ^a  

^a Morinaga and Company Limited   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin l converting enzyme; Antihypertension; Benifuuki tea; Egcg3 me

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CATECHIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEA;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

EID: 76449098724     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf904335g     Document Type: Article

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