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Green tea: by adding this popular tea to your day, you're a few cups closer to good health.
HERB: green tea
AKA: Camellia sinensis
PART USED: leaves
WHAT IT DOES BEST: Green tea is known for the benefits of its main active ingredient, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a potent antioxidant. An increasing number of published scientific studies suggest that EGCG aids weight control and protects against heart disease and cancer.
THE BACKGROUND: Green tea has been used for thousands of years in China to alleviate headaches and body aches, increase energy, levels, promote disease resistance and enhance digestion and detoxification.
RECENT FINDINGS: The antioxidant effects of green tea appear to have a wide range of health benefits. Preliminary studies suggest that green tea may help prevent coronary artery disease, liver disease, diabetes, certain cancers, Alzheimer's disease and even tooth decay.
weight loss: Besides several test tube and animal studies, two human trials have found that EGCG has antiobesity effects. It appears to reduce body fat and waist circumference. The studies were reported in the January 2005 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the January 2002 Phytomedicine.
- Human hair growth enhancement in vitro by green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate...
- Magazine article from: Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology Kwon, O.S. Han, J.H. Yoo, H.G. Chung, J.H. Cho, K.H. Eun, H.C. Kim, K.H. August 1, 2007 700+ words
...epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a major constituent of polyphenols in green tea (Hsu, 2005; Wang and Bachrach, 2002). Moreover, EGCG has been reported to have...methods Drugs and reagents EGCG from green tea (E4143, [greater than...
- Green tea extract mechanism of action: receptor found for EGCG.(Abstracts of...
- Magazine article from: Original Internist Huber, Luke June 1, 2004 700+ words
...primarily to the catechin EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate), a component of green tea. In this study EGCG was found to mediate the activity...et al. "A receptor for green tea polyphenol EGCG." Nature Structural &...
- H-TRIO Incorporated Announces the Launch of EGCG-based, Metabolism-Boosting...
- Press release article from: Business Wire September 21, 2009 700+ words
...Tea It Up[TM], a collection of green tea formulas that contain the natural and potent antioxidant EGCG that helps boost your metabolism...or preservatives. Tea It Up[TM] Green Tea delivers that and more with only 15...
- Protective effects of green tea extracts (polyphenon E and EGCG) on human...
- Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review Ahn, WS Yoo, J Huh, SW November 1, 2003 700+ words
...clinical efficacy of green tea extracts (polyphenon...epigallocatechin-3-gallate [EGCG]) delivered in a form...a 200 mg of poly E or EGCG capsule was taken orally...patients (60%) under EGCG capsule therapy showed...noted for treatment with green tea extracts, as compared...
- Green tea's EGCG could be cancer protective.
- Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals International February 1, 2006 700+ words
...researchers have found that the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG) can cause the D3-1 breast...signaling responses were modulated by EGCG, indicating an overall chemopreventative role of EGCG, with a few minor exceptions...
- A compound called EGCG in green tea prevents cancer cells from growing by...
- Magazine article from: The Food Institute Report March 21, 2005 700+ words
* A compound called EGCG in green tea prevents cancer cells from growing by binding to a specific enzyme, according to researchers at the University of Murcia in Spain and the John Innes Center in Norwich, England.
- Green Tea Extract 95% EGCG.(Suppliers Corner)
- Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals World July 1, 2009 700+ words
Blue California has launched Green Tea Extract standardized to 95% EGCG (Epigal-locatechin gallate), adding to its line of high-purity natural ingredients. This water-soluble ingredient has...
- Two natural products, melatonin and EGCG from green tea, work synergistically...
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine Martin, Stephen June 1, 2006 700+ words
...that (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is consumed in warm coconut milk. "We knew the scientific literature on EGCG, what biochemical pathways it blocked...home of the HIV virus. So we heated EGCG in coconut milk, which is 50% saturated...
