Antioxidant mechanism of tea polyphenols and its impact on health benefits
Institute of Subtropical Agriculture · Hunan Agricultural University · +1 more institution
Abstract
Tea trees have a long history of cultivation and utilization. People in many countries have the habit of drinking tea and choosing green tea, oolong tea, or black tea according to different regions and personal tastes. Tea polyphenols are a general term for polyphenol compounds in tea, and has been shown to have good effects on antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, cancer prevention and regulation of lipid metabolism. Tea polyphenols have been widely used as antioxidants in disease treatment and animal husbandry, but their specific mechanism of action needs to be further clarified and revealed. This review focuses on the definition, classification, antioxidant activity and the regulation of signaling pathways of tea…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 52.86
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 126
Authors
5Topics & keywords
- Polyphenol
- Antioxidant
- Health benefits
- Mechanism (biology)
- Black tea
- Human health
- Chemistry
- Food science
Funding
- ISInternational Studies Association
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAwards: kq1801059, 31972582, 2017QNCXTD_ZCS, CARS-35
- CAChinese Academy of SciencesAwards: 2017QNCXTD_ZCS, CARS-35, KFJ-STS-QYZD-052
- HIHaixi Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesAward: KFJ-STS-QYZD-052
- YIYouth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of SciencesAward: 2017QNCXTD_ZCS
- NONational Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAward: 31972582
- EFEarmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research SystemAward: CARS-35
- EFEarmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research SystemAwards: 31972582, kq1801059, CARS-35
- NMNational Major Science and Technology Projects of ChinaAward: kq1801059
- NKNational Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational ResearchAward: 2018YFD0500405