Exploring the nutraceutical potential of polyphenols from black, green and white tea infusions – An overview

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-271

  Tenore, Gian C ^a   Daglia, Maria ^b   Ciampaglia, Roberto ^a   Novellino, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Hypoglycemic potential; Hypolipidemic potential; Nutraceutical potential; Post harvest fermentation; Tea polyphenols

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; POLYPHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; THEAFLAVIN; THEOBROMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA;

ABTS RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; ESTERIFICATION; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAC ASSAY; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; TEA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYPHENOLS; TEA;

EID: 84944888956     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389201016666150118133604     Document Type: Article

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