Hepatoprotective effects of kombucha tea: Identification of functional strains and quantification of functional components

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-272

  Wang, Yong ^a   Ji, Baoping ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Wang, Ruojun ^a   Yang, Zhiwei ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Tian, Wenli ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen induced liver injury; Commercial production; d saccharic acid 1,4 lactone; Gluconacetobacter sp; Modified kombucha tea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLUCONACETOBACTER; MUS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; LACTONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SACCHARIC ACID; SACCHARIC ACID-1,4-LACTONE; SACCHAROLACTONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION; D-SACCHARIC ACID-1,4-LACTONE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER SP; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MODIFIED KOMBUCHA TEA; MOUSE; TEA; TOXIC HEPATITIS; YEAST;

ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION; D-SACCHARIC ACID-1,4-LACTONE; GLUCONACETOBACTER SP; MODIFIED KOMBUCHA TEA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FERMENTATION; GLUCARIC ACID; GLUCONACETOBACTER; LACTONES; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA; TRIGLYCERIDES; YEASTS;

EID: 84889102274     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6245     Document Type: Article

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