Green tea: Its potential health implications and other benefits

International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 46-49

  Balsaraf, Swati ^a   Chole, Revant ^b  

^a Sri Aurobindo Institute of Technology   (India)

^b KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancerous; antioxidant; flavanols; free radical scavenging activity (FRSA); green tea catechins (GTCs); reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955460501     PISSN: 22310738     EISSN: 22312722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2231-0738.153791     Document Type: Review

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