Catechin- And caffeine-Rich teas for control of body weight in humans 1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hursel, Rick ^a   Westerterp Plantenga, Margriet S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; POLYPHENOL; SUCROSE; THEAFLAVIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET THERAPY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FAT INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOPHAGIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SATIETY; TEA; THERMOGENESIS; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; TEA;

EID: 84888244276     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058396     Document Type: Article

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