Camellia sinensis (L): The medicinal beverage: A review

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Bhatt, Punit R ^a   Pandya, Kajal B ^a   Sheth, Navin R ^a  

^a SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Black tea; Camellia sinensis; Green tea; Review

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CATALASE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTISPASMODIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CATARACT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA REPAIR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PROTECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAW EDEMA; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; TEA;

EID: 79952015816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. Ghosh P, Besra SE, Tripathi G, Mitra S, Vedasiromoni JR, Cytotoxic and apoptogenic effect of tea root extrat and two of its steroidal Saponin of TS1 and TS2 on human leukemic cell lines K562 and U937 and on cell of CML and all patients, Leuk Res, 30(4), 2006, 459-468.
2. Hashimoto, F., Nonaka GI, Nishioka I., Tannins and related compounds. LVI. Isolation of four new acylated flavan-3-ols from oolong tea, Chem Pharm Bull, 35(2), 1987, 611-616.
3. Wei JX, Zuo QY, Zhu Y, Studies on the chemical constituents of seeds of Camellia sinensis var. assamica, Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi, 22(4), 1997, 228-230.
4. Higuchi K, Suzuki T, Ashihara H, Pipecolic acid from the developing fruits (pericarp and seeds) of Coffea arabica and Camellia sinensis. Colloq Sci Int Café(C. R.), 16, 1995, 389-395.
5. Yoshida Y, Kiso M, Ngashima H, Goto T, Alterations in chemical constituents of tea shoot during its development. Chagyo Kenkyu Hokoku, 83, 1996, 9-16.
6. Murakami T, Nakamura J, Matsuda H, Yoshikawa M, Bioactive saponins and glycosides. XV. Saponin constituents with gastroprotective effect from the seeds of tea plant, Camellia sinensis L. var. assamica Pierre, cultivated in Sri Lanka: structures of assamsaponins A, B, C, D and E. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(12), 1999, 1759-1764.
7. Davis AL, Lewis JR, Cai Y, Powell C, Davis AP, Wilkins JPG, Pudney P, Clifford MN, A polyphenolic pigment from black tea. Phytochem, 46(8), 1997, 1397-1402.
8. Yen GC, Chen HY, Relationship between antimutagenic activity and major components of various teas. Mutagenesis, 11(1), 1996, 37-41.
9. 2 in Jurkat T cells, Nutr Res, 22(10), 2002, 1143-1150.
10. Chaudhuri T, Das SK, Vedasiromoni JR, Ganguly DK, Photochemical investigation of the roots of Camellia sinensis L. (O. Kuntze). J Indian Chem Soc, 74(2), 1997, 166.
11. Sagesak YM, Uemura T, Watanabe N, Sakata K, Uzawa J, A new glucuronide saponin from tea leaves (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis). Biosci Biotech Biochem, 58(11), 1994, 2036-2040.
12. Shokrzadeh M, Ebadi AG, Mirshafiee SS, Choudhary MI, Effect of the aqueous green leaf extract of green tea on glucose level of rat, Pakistan journal of biological sciences, 9(14), 2006, 2708-2711
13. Gupta J, Siddique YH, Beg T, Ara G, Afzal M, Protective role of green tea extract against genotoxic damage induced by anabolic steroids in cultured human lymphocytes, Biology and Medicine, 1 (2), 2009, 87-99.
14. Oyejide OO, Olushola L, Hepatoprotective and antioxidant properties of extract of Camellia sinensis (black tea) in rats, African Journal of Biotechnology, 4(11), 2005, 1432-1438.
15. Raffaella Zanchi R, Canzi E, Molteni L, Scozzoli M, Effect of Camellia sinensis (L.) whole plant extract on piglet intestinal ecosystem, Annals of Microbiology, 58 (1), 2008, 147-152.
16. Chattopadhyay P, Besra SE, Gomes A, Das M, Sur P, Mitra S, Vedasiromoni JR, Anti inflammatory activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) root extract, Life sci, 74(15),2004, 1839-1849.
17. Das SA, Mukherjee M, Das D, Mitra C, Protective action of aqueous black tea (Camellia sinensis) extract (BTE) against ovariectomy-induced oxidative stress of mononuclear cells and its associated progression of bone loss, Phytother Res, 23(9), 2009, 1287-1294.
18. Marco Vinicio Ramirez-Mares, Chandra S, Mejia EG, Invitro chemopreventiveactivity of Camellia sinensis, llexpara guariensis and Ardisia compressa, Mutat res, 554, 2004, 53-65.