Green tea as a functional food for better health: A brief review

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 645-664

  Adak, M ^a   Gabar, M A ^b  

^a NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAWIA   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Anti cancer; Anti inflammatory; Antioxidant; Catechins; Coronary heart disease; Green tea; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPID; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INJURY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DUODENUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; TEA; THYROID GLAND; VIRUS INFECTION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 79955530660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09758585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (158)

1. Costa LM, Gouveia ST, Nobrega JA. Ann Sci 2002; 18: 313-318.
2. Rietveld A, Wiseman S. J Nutr 2003; 133: 3275-3284.
3. Graham HN. Preventive Med 1992; 21: 334-350.
4. Langley-Evans SC. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2002; 51:181-188.
5. Wu CD, Wei GX. J Nutr 2002; 18:443-444.
6. Il'yasova D, Martín C, Sandler RS. Cancer Causes Control 2003; 14:676-772.
7. Crespy V, Williamson G. J Nutr 2004; 134 (12): 3431S-40S.
8. Sato T, Miyata G. J Nutr 2000; 16:315-17.
9. Higdon JV, Frei B. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2003; 43:89-143.
10. Hiroshi Y, Hiroshi W. Cardiova Res 2007; 73: 439-440.
11. Cabrera C, Artacho R, Giménez R. J Am Coll Nutr 2006; 25:79-99.
12. Yang YC, Lu FH, Wu JS, Wu CH, Chang CJ. Arch Intern Med 2004; 164:1534-40.
13. Fukino Y, Shimbo M, Aoki N, Okubo T, Iso H. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2005; 51:335-42.
14. Tsuneki H, Ishizuka M, Terasawa M, Wu JB, Sasaoka T, Kimura I. BMC Pharmaco 2004; 4:18.
15. Zaveri NT. Life Sci 2006 ; 78:2073-80.
16. Katiyar SK, Mukhtar H. World Rev Nutr Diet 1996; 79: 154-84.
17. Zuo Y, Chen H, Deng Y. Talanta 2002; 57:307-316.
18. Willson KC. New York: CABI Publishing, 1999.
19. Ahmad N, Cheng H, Mukhtar H. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 275: 328-334.
20. Luper S. Altern Med Rev 1999; 4: 178-189.
21. Auger C, Mullen W, Hara Y, Crozier A. J Nutr 2008; 138(8): 1535S-1542S.
22. Shu WS, Zhang ZQ, Lan CY, Wong MH. Chemosphere 2003; 52:1475-1482.
23. Yung KF, Zhang ZQ, Wong JWC, Wong MH. Environ Geochem Health 2003; 25:219-232.
24. Tyler VE, Brady L, Robberts JE. Pharmacognosy, 9th edition. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, PA: 1988; 68-69.
25. Tsuchiya H. Pharmacology 1999; 59: 34-44.
26. Bu-Abbas A, Clifford MN, Ioannides C, Walker R. Food Chem Toxicol 1995; 33: 27-30.
27. Fujiki H, Suganuma M, Okabe S, Sueoka E, Komori A, Suga K, et al. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1999; 220: 225-228.
28. Giles AR, Gumma A. Arzneimittel-Forschung 1973; 23: 98-100.
29. Balant L, Burki B, Wermeille M, Golden G. Arzneimittel-Forschung 1979; 29: 1758-62.
30. Lee MJ, Wang ZY, Li H, Chen L, Sun Y, Gobbo S, et al.. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prevent 1995; 4: 393-399.
31. Tsuchiya H, Sato M, Kato H, Okubo T, Juneja LR, Kim M. J Chromatogr 1997; 703: 253-258.
32. Demeule M, Brossard M, Page M, Gingras D, Beliveau R. Biochem Biophys Acta 2000; 1478: 51-60.
33. Yang CS, Chen L, Lee MJ. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prevent 1998; 7: 351-354.
34. Jodoin J, Demeule M. Beliveau R. Biochem Biophys Acta 2002; 1542: 149-159.
35. Zhu QY, Zhang A, Tsang D, Huang Y Chen ZY. J Agric Food Chem 1997; 45: 4624-4628.
36. Li C, Lee M, Sheng S, Meng X, Prabhu S, Winnik B, et al. Chem Res Toxicol 2000; 13: 177-184.
37. Pietta P, Simonetti P, Gardena C, Brusamolino A, Morazzoni P, Bombaredelli E. Biofactors 1998; 8:111-118.
38. Hollman PC, Tijburg LB, Yang CS. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 1997; 37: 719-738.
39. Bravo L. Nutr Rev 1998; 56: 317-333.
40. Lu H, Meng X, Yang CS. Drug Metab Dispos 2003; 31: 572-580.
41. Sano M, Takahashi Y, Yoshino K, Shimoi k, Nakamura Y, Tomita I, et al. Bil Pharma Bull 1995; 18: 1006-1008.
42. Sai K, Kai S, Umemura T, Hasegawa R, Inoue T, Kurokawa Y. Food Chem Toxicol 1998; 36: 1043-1051.
43. Sohn OS, Surace A, Fiala ES, Richie JP Jr, Colosimo S, Zang E, et al. Xenobiotica 1994; 24: 119-127.
44. Weisburger JH. Tea antioxidants and health. In Cadenas E, Packer L, Eds. Handbook of antioxidants. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1996; 469-86.
45. Jonathan MH. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2008; 17(S1): 288-290.
46. Horiba N, Maekawa Y, Ito M, Matsumoto T, Nakamura H. J Endo 1991; 17: 122-125.
47. Terada A, Hara H, Nakajyo S. Microbial Ecol Health Dis 1993; 6: 3-9.
48. Yang CS, Wang ZY. J Natl Cancer Inst 1993; 85: 1038-1049.
49. Nakayama M, Toda M, Okubo S, Shimamura T. Letter Appl Microbiol 1990; 11: 38-40.
50. Tao P. Chung Kuo I Hsueh Yuan Hsueh Pao1992; 14: 334-38.
51. Fujita T. Adv Nutr Res 1994; 9: 89-99.
52. Kao PC, Peng FK. Chung Hua I Hsueh Tsa Chih (Taipei) 1995; 55: 209-213.
53. Blum AL, Berthet P, Doelle W, Goebell H, Kortum K, Pelloni S, et al. Lancet 1977; ii: 1153-1155.
54. Kaul TN, Middleton E Jr., Ogra PL. J Med Virol 1985; 15: 71-79.
55. Perrissoud D, Maignan MF, Auderset G. Int Cong Symp Ser R Soc Med 1981; 47: 21-25.
56. Varga M, Buris L. Exp Mol Pathol 1990; 52: 249-257.
57. Sakanaka S, Okubo T, Akachi S, Mabe K, Matsumoto M. Tables of data on the antimicrobial activities of green tea extracts; in Yamamoto T, Juneja LR, Chu DC, Kim M (Eds): Chemistry and Applications of green tea. New York, CRC Press, 1997; pp 145-149.
58. Sakanaka S. Green tea polyphenols for prevention of dental caries; in Yamamoto T, Juneja LR, Chu D-C, Kim M (Eds): Chemistry and Applications of green tea. New York, CRC Press, 1997; pp, 87-101.
59. Ikigai H, Nakae T, Hara Y, Shimamura T. Biochim Biophys Acta1993; 1147: 132-136.
60. Katiyar SK, Elmets CA, Agarwal R, Mukhtar H. Photochem Photobiol 1995; 62: 855-861.
61. Katiyar SK, Agarwal R, Ekker S, Wood GS, Mukhtar H. Carcinogenesis1993; 14: 361-365.
62. Agarwal R, Katiyar SK, Khan SG, Mukhtar H. Photochem Photobiol 1993; 58: 695-700.
63. Haqqi TM, Anthony D, Gupta S, Ahmad N, Kumar MK, Mukhtar H. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1999; 96: 4524-4529.
64. Dona M, Dell AI, Calabrese F, Benelli R, Morini M, Albini A, Garbisa S. J Immunol 2003; 170: 4335-4341.
65. Kohlmeier L, Weterings KGC, Steck S, Kok FJ. Nutr Cancer 1997; 27: 1-13.
66. Suganuma M, Okbe S, Sueoka N, Sueoka E, Matsuyama S, Imai K, et al. Mutat Res 1999; 428(1-2):339-344.
67. Liao S, Hiipakka RA. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 1995; 214: 833-838.
68. Jankun J, Selmon H, Swiercz R, Skrzypczak-Jankun E. Nature 1997; 387: 391.
69. Cao Y, Cao R. Nature 1999; 398: 381.
70. Garbisa S, Biggin S, Cavallarin N, Sartor L, Benelli R Albini A. Nat. Med 1999; 5:1216.
71. Nam S, Smith DM, Duo OP. J Biol Chem 2001; 276: 13322-13330.
72. Ahmad N, Feyes DK, Nieminen AL, Agrawal R, Mukhtar H. J Natl Cancer Inst 1997; 89: 1881-1886.
73. Valcic S, Montenegro G, Timmermann BN. J Nat Prod 1998; 61: 771-775.
74. Paschka AG, Butler R, Young CYF. Cancer Lett 1998; 130: 1-7.
75. Gupta S, Hastak K, Ahmad N, Jonathan SL, Mukhtar H. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2001; 98: 10350-10355.
76. Sadzuka M, Imazawa H, Shoji Y, Mita T, Hara Y, Isemura M. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997; 61: 1504-150.
77. Hiroyasu M, Ozeki M, Miyagawa-hayashino A, Fujiwara Y, Haiai H, Toyokuni S. Redox Rep 2002; 7: 335-342.
78. Okabe S, Suganuma M, Hayashi M, Sueoka E, Komori A, Fujiki H. Jpn J Cancer Res 1997; 88: 639-643.
79. Suganuma M, Okbe S, Marino MW, Sakai A, Sueoka E, Fujiki H. Cancer Res 1999; 59: 4516-4518.
80. Singh R, Ahmad S, Islam N, Goldberg VM, Haqqi TM. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2000; 46: 2079-2086.
81. Lu Y, Lou YR, Xie JG, Yen P. Huang MT, Conney AH. Carcinogenesis 1997; 18: 2163-2169.
82. Fujiki H, Suganuma M, Okabe S, Sueoka N, Komori A, Sueoka E, et al. Mutation Res 1998; 18: 307-310.
83. Landau JM, Wang ZY, Yang GY, Ding W, Yang CS. Carcinogenesis 1998; 19: 501-507.
84. Weisburger J. Proceedings of the Society. Exp Biol Med vol 220. Blackwell Science, New York 1999.
85. Cao J, Xu Y, Chen J, Klawaunig JE. Fundam Appl Toxicol 1996, 29: 244-250.
86. Hirose M, Hasegawa R, Kimura J, et al. Carcinogenesis, 1995; 16: 3049-3055.
87. Matsumoto N, Kohri T, Okushio K, Hara Y. Jpn J Cancer Res 1996; 87: 1034-1038.
88. Schut HA, Yao R. Nutr Cancer 2000; 36: 52-59.
89. Kang KS, Kang BC, Lee BJ, Che JH, Li GX, Trosko JE, Lee YS. Cancer Lett 2000; 152: 97-106.
90. Kennedy DO, Matsumoto M, Kojima A, Matsui-Yuasa I. Chem Biol Interact 1999; 110: 59-71.
91. Hirose M, Hoshiya T, Mizoguchi Y, Nakamura A, Akagi k, Shirai T. Cancer lett 2001; 168: 23-31.
92. Fujiki H, Sueoka E, Komori A, Suganuma M. Carcino Ecotox Revs 1997; C15: 1-40.
93. Suganuma M, Sueoka E, Sueoko N, Okabe S, Fujiki H. BioFactors 2000; 13: 67-72.
94. Fujiki H, Suganuma M, Okabe S, Sueoka E, Suga K, Imai K, et al. Cancer detect Prevent 2000, 24: 91-99.
95. Hirose M, Hoshiya T, Akagi K, Takahashi S, Hara Y, Ito N. Carcinogenesis 1993; 14: 1549-1553.
96. Hodgson JM, Puddey IB, Burke V, Beilin LJ, Jordan N. J Hypertens 1999; 17: 457-63.
97. Thelle DS. Curr Opin Lipidol 1995; 6: 25-31.
98. Weisburger J., Rivenson A, Garr K, Aliaga C. Cancer Lett 1997 114: 323-329.
99. Stensvold I, Tverdal A, Solvoll K Foss OP. Prev Med 1992; 21: 546-53.
100. Tijburg L, Wiseman SA, Meijer GW, Weststrate JA. Atherosclerosis 1997; 135: 37-48.
101. Priyadarshi S, Valentine B, Han C, Fedorova OV, Bagrov AY, Liu J, et al. Kidney Int 2003; 63: 1785-1790.
102. Satoh K, Sakamoto Y, Ogata A, Nagai F, Mikuriya H, Numazawa M, et al. Food Chem Toxicol 2002; 40: 925-933.
103. Sakamoto Y, Mikuriya H, Tayama k, Takahashi H, Nagasawa A, Yano N, et al. Arch Toxicol 2001; 75: 591-596.
104. Capen CC. Toxicol Pathol 1997; 25: 39-48.
105. Bartsch W, Dasenbrock C, Ernst H, Kamino K, Mohr U. Food and Chem Toxicol 1996; 34: 153-159.
106. Dohler KD, Wong CC. Von Zur MA. Pharmacol Ther 1979; 5: 305-318.
107. McClain RM, Levin AA, Posch R, Downing JC. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1989; 99: 216-228.
108. Kao YH, Hiipakka RA, Liao SEndocrinology2000; 141: 980-987.
109. Hong JT, Ryu SR, Kim HJ, Lee JK, Lee SH, Kim DB, et al. Brain Res Bull 2000; 53: 743-751.
110. Lee S, Suh S, Kim S. Neurosci 2000, 287: 191-914.
111. Hong JT, Ryu SR, Kim HJ, Lee JK, Lee SH, Yun YP, et al. Brain Res 2001; 888: 11-18.
112. Chen A, Zhang L. J Biol Chem 2003; 1-29.
113. Lin YC, Lin JK. Mol Pharmacol 1997; 52: 465-472.
114. Chen A, Zhang, Xu J, Tang J. Biochem J 2002; 368(3): 695-704.
115. Rice-Evans C. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1999, 220: 262-267.
116. Mitscher LA, Jung M, Shankel D, Dou JH, Steele L, Pillai SP. Med Res Rev 1997; 17: 327-365.
117. Guo Q, Zhao B, Shen S, Hou J, Hu J, Xin W. Biochem Biophys Acta 1999; 1427: 13-23.
118. Lin JK, Chen PC, Ho CT, Lin-Shiau SY. J Agric Food Chem 2000; 48: 2736-2743.
119. Demeule M, Michaud-Levesque J, Annabi B, Gingras D, Boivin D, Jodoin J, Lamy S, Bertrand Y, and Beliveau R. Curr Med Chem 2002, 2: 441-463.
120. Yokozawa T, Cho EJ, Nakagawa T. J Agric Food Chem2003; 51: 2421-2425.
121. Skrzyddlewska E, Ostrowska J, Farbiszeski R, Michalak K. Phytomedicines 2002; 9: 232-239.
122. Sugiyama K, He P, Wada S Saeki S. J Nutr 1999; 129: 1361-1367.
123. Wu Y. Chung Kuo I Hsueh Yuan Hsueh Pao 1993; 15: 354-359.
124. Kushnerova NF, Fomenko SE, Polozhentseva MI, Bulanov AE. Vopr Med Khim 1995; 41: 20-23.
125. Miyagawa C, Wu C, Kennedy DO, Nakatani T, Ohtani K, Sakanaka S, et al. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997 61:1901-1905.
126. Sugiyama K, He P, Wada S. and Saeki S. Biotechnol Biochem 1998; 62: 609-611.
127. Khan SG, Katiyar SK, Agarwal R, Mukhtar H. Cancer Res 1992; 52: 4050-4052.
128. Choi YT, Jung C., Lee SR, Bae JH, Baek WK, Suh MH, et al. Life Sci 2001; 70: 603-614.
129. Levits Y, Youdim MB, Maor G, Mandel S. Biochem Pharmacol 2002; 63: 21-29.
130. Paquay JB, Haenen GR, Stender G, Wiseman SA, Tijburg LB, Bast A. Protection against nitric oxide toxicity by tea. J Agric Food Chem 2000, 48: 5768-5772.
131. Oldreive C, Zhao K, Paganga G, Halliwell B, Rice-Evans C. Chem Res Toxicol 1998; 11: 1574-1582.
132. Chan MM, Fong D, Ho CT, Huang HI. Biochem Pharmacol 1997; 54: 1281-1286.
133. Chen J. Prev Med 1992; 3: 385-391.
134. Stich HF. Prev Med 1992; 21: 377-384.
135. Yang TT, Koo MW. Pharmacol Res 1997; 35: 505-512.
136. Chan PT, Fong WP, Cheung YL, Huang Y, Ho WK, Chen ZY. J Nutr 1999; 129: 1094-1101.
137. Yang TT, Koo MW. Life Sci 2000; 66: 411-423.
138. Sayama K, Lin S, Zheng G, Oguni I. In Vivo 2000; 14: 481-484.
139. Yokozawa T, Nakagawa T, Kitani K. J Agric Food Chem 2000; 50: 3549-3552.
140. Bell SJ, Goodrick GKA. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2002; 42: 163-178.
141. Naasani I, Seimiya H, Tsuruo T. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 1998; 249: 391-396.
142. Chen W, Dong Z, Valcic S, Timmermann BN, Bowden GT. Mol Carcinogen 1999; 24: 79-84.
143. Hara Y, Matsuzaki T, Suzuki T. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi 1987; 61: 803-808.
144. Maeda Y, Yamamoto M, Masui T, Sugiyama K, Yokota M, Nakagomi K, et al. J Food Hygienic Soc Jpn 1990; 31: 233-237.
145. Hara Y Honda M. Agr Biol Chem 1990; 54: 1939-1945.
146. Kennedy D, Nishimura T, Hasuma T, Yano Y, Otani S, Matsui-Yuasa I. Chem Biol Interact 1998; 110: 159-172.
147. Hattori M, Kusumoto IT, Namba T, Ishigami T, Hara Y. Chem Pharnaceut Bull 1990; 38: 717-720.
148. Kennedy D, Kojima A, Hasuma T, Yano Y, Otani S, Matsui-Yuasa I. Chem Biol Interact 2001; 134: 113-133.
149. Liang YC, Lin-shiau SY, Chen CF, Lin JK. J Cell Biochem 1997; 67: 55-65.
150. Yu R, Jiao JJ, Duh JL. Gudehithlu K, Tan T. Carcinogenesis 1997; 18; 451-456.
151. Kong AN, Yu R, Lei W, Mandlekar S, Tan TH, Ucker DS. Restor Neurol Neurosci 1998; 12: 63-70.
152. Kerr J, Wyllie A, Currie A. Br J Cancer 1972; 26: 239-257.
153. Wyllie AH, Kerr JF, Currie AR. Int Rev Cytol 1980; 68: 251-306.
154. Kennedy DO, Kojima A, Moffatt J, Yamagiwa H, Yano Y, Hasuma T, et al. Cancer Lett 2002; 179: 25-32.
155. Kannan K, Jain SK. Pathophysiology 2000; 7: 153-163.
156. Schelldorfer T, Gansuge S, Gansuge F, Schlosser S, Beger HG, Nussler AK. Cancer 2000; 89: 1440-1447.
157. Crawford HC, Matrisian LM. Enzyme Protein 1996; 49: 20-37.
158. Hochstrasser M. Curr Opin Cell Biol1995; 7: 215-223.