Health Benefits of Green Tea: An Evidence-based Approach [Hardcover]

This book provides evidence to support the health-promoting components of green tea. It explores the significance of green tea and its catechins represented by epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) demonstrating their beneficial effects on diseases, including cancer, obesity, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, hepatitis, and neurodegenerative diseases. The present status of human studies and avenues for future research are discussed. It is written by a team of experts from across the globe and makes significant Japanese findings available to international researchers. It is an essential resource for researchers interested in the biochemistry and pharmacology of green tea and functional foods and beverages.Part 1: Overall Perspective
1: Efficacy of Tea in Human Health
2: Characteristics of Japanese Green Tea
3: Research on Tea and Human Health in China and the Contribution to the Development of Chinese Tea Industry
4: Studies on Japanese Scientists on the Health Effects of Green Tea
5: Health Related Studies of Tea in Africa
6: Efficient Synthesis of Catechin Probe and Its Molecular Dynamics
7: Bioavailability and Biotransformation of Tea polyphenols

Part 2: Anti-Cancer Effects
8: Tea Catechins in Cancer Prevention and Therapy- Molecular Mechanism and Human Relevance
9: Green Tea Catechins for the Prevention of Colorectal Tumorigenesis: from Bench to Bed
10: Green Tea Polyphenol EGCG Sensing Receptor
11: Clinical Trials and New Drug Development

Part 3: Effects on Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Diseases
12: Preventive Effects of Obesity by Green Tea and its Components
13: The Effects of Tea Gallolyl Catechins on the Reduction of Body Fat
14: Protective Effects of Green Tea Catl³A