Emerging Possibilities of Green Tea as a Potential Treatment Regimen for Hepatic Fibrosis

After water, tea is the world’s most widely consumed beverage. Tea is enjoyed by many people for its cooling and slightly bitter flavor and is known to have many particular health benefits [1-3]. There are several types of tea according to its fermentation processes such as black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea and green tea [4,5]. Green tea is, like many another type in general and green tea and white tea in particular, help to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, types of cancer, diabetes, promoting oral health, helping with weight control and lowering blood pressure of tea, made from leaves of the plant ‘camellia sinensis’. However, taste, type, and packing are due to processing of tea involves the leaves being subjected to minimal oxidation. Health benefits of tea [6-8]. In a recent Journal of the American College of Nutrition review of the beneficial effects of green tea, the tea was described as having “anti-fibrotic properties, and neuro protective power”. In this review article, a preview of several published works including our lab will be elaborated with regard to both green tea extract and nanoencapsulated green tea extract to shed light on the emerging possibilities of green tea as a potential treatment regimen for hepatic fibrosis [9 -20].