Health Benefits of Theanine in Green Tea: A Review
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Health Benefits of Theanine in Green Tea: A Review
Theanine is an amide exclusively present in tea and some fungi, and is an important bioactive component of tea. The bioactive effects of theanine include antitumour, anti-diabetic, antihypertensive, anti-stress activities, and the ability to improve cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It also has protective effect on nerve cells against damage induced by environmental neurotoxins as we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1596-9827,1596-5996
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v14i10.29