The morphology, characteristics, and medicinal properties of Camellia sinensis' tea

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2028-2033

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Akhtar, Naveed ^a   Khan, Barkat Ali ^a  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); Flavonoids; Tea

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CHAPERONE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CLOSTRIDIA; DENTAL CARIES; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 78549239616     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/jmpr10.010     Document Type: Article

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