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Protective effects of tea on human health
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Tea is a health-promoting beverage in lowering the risk of premature killing chronic diseases : a review -- Tea as a rasayana -- Prophylactic functions of tea catechins -- Bioavailabilities of tea polyphenols in humans and rodents -- Immunomodulatory activity of tea -- Antigenotoxic activity of tea -- Methodological issues in population studies of tea and disease prevention -- Protective effects of tea against cardiovascular diseases -- Potential targets of tea polyphenols in cancer prevention -- The beverage tea in chemoprevention of prostate cancer -- Anti-diabetic effects of tea and its constituents -- Green tea catechins against oxidative stress of renal disease -- Hepatoprotective properties of tea -- Preventive effects of tea against obesity -- Protective effects of tea against lung/pulmonary ailments -- Antibacterial and antiviral effects of tea : from influenza to SARS -- Green tea and the prevention of arthritis -- Chemoprevention effect of tea against neuronal death-dementia -- Chemoprevention action of tea against senescence/ageing -- Tea and oral health.
edited by Narender K. Jain, Maqsood Siddiqi and John Weisburger.
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Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2006