Tea polyphenols benefit vascular function.
Inflammopharmacology
; 16(5): 230-4, 2008 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-18815738
ABSTRACT
Tea, the most popular beverage worldwide, is consumed in three basic forms; green tea, black tea and oolong tea. Tea contains over 4,000 chemicals some of which are bioactive. In recent years there has been a mounting interest in understanding the cardiovascular and metabolic benefits of polyphenolic flavonoids in tea, which can be used as a supplement among patients. Diverse cardioprotective effects of consuming tea or tea polyphenols have been described on pathological conditions, e. g. hypertension, atherosclerosis, diabetics, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, and are attributed to antioxidative, anti-thrombogenic, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive and hypocholesterolemic properties of tea polyphenols. This review focuses on cardiovascular benefits of tea polyphenols based on in vitro and in vivo studies on experimental animal models and on studies of human subjects in four areas (1) vasorelaxant effect; (2) protective effect against endothelial dysfunction; (3) antioxidant effect and (4) hypolipidemic effect. We will briefly discuss the effects of tea on atherosclerosis and hypertension.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fenoles
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Té
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Flavonoides
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Aterosclerosis
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Hipertensión
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Inflammopharmacology
Asunto de la revista:
FARMACOLOGIA
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Hong Kong
Pais de publicación:
CH
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SUIZA
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SUÍÇA
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SWITZERLAND