Tea is a health-promoting beverage in lowering the risk of premature killing chronic diseases : a review / J.H. Weisburger -- Tea as a rasayana / B.N. Dhawan -- Prophylactic functions of tea catechins / Y. Hara -- Bioavailabilities of tea polyphenols in humans and rodents / J.D.…
Green Tea: History, Processing Techniques, Principles, Traditions, Features, and Attractions Mahendra P. Kapoor, Theertham P. Rao, Tsutomu Okubo, and Lekh R. Juneja Biochemical and Physicochemical Characteristics of Green Tea Polyphenols Takashi Tanaka, Yosuke Matsuo, and Isao K…
There is a wealth of published research on the health-promoting effects of green tea and its various components including polyphenols. Green Tea Polyphenols: Nutraceuticals of Modern Life presents a collection of global findings on the numerous health benefits of green tea polyp…
In recent years, the role of plant secondary metabolites as protective constituents in the human diet has been a growing area of research. Unlike the traditional vitamins, they are not essential for short-term wellbeing, but there is increasing evidence that modest long-term int…
This text is a comprehensive overview of the historical use of green tea and a description of its beneficial effects against certain diseases such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, arteriosclerosis, and various forms of senile dementia.
Tea has a rich and well-documented past. The beverage originated in Asia long before making its way to seventeenth-century London, where it became an exotic, highly sought after commodity. Over the subsequent two centuries, tea's powerful psychoactive properties seduced British …
"Tea in China explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity and popular beverage. The work traces the development of tea drinking from its mythical origins to the nineteenth century and examine…
