Camellia sinensis (green tea): A review

Global Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Namita, Parmar ^a   Mukesh, Rawat ^b   Vijay, Kumar J ^b  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; Green tea; Medicinal prorerties; Theaceae

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLIC ACID; GALLOCATECHIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIAGING ACTIVITY; ANTIALZHEIMER ACTIVITY; ANTICARIES ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPARKINSON ACTIVITY; ANTISTROKE ACTIVITY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; TEA; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84865559780     PISSN: 19920075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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