Research progress on theaflavins: Efficacy, formation, and preparation

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages

  He, Hua Feng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b National Center for Tea Improvement   (China)

Author keywords

Bio activity; Formation; Preparation; Theaflavins

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; THEAFLAVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTITUMORIGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; HYPOLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 85048671226     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16546628.2017.1344521     Document Type: Review

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