Beneficial Effects of Green Tea—A Review

Polyphenols: food sources and bioavailability

2004 • 7,472 citations

Dietary Reference Intakes

2001 • 4,814 citations

Dietary Intake and Bioavailability of Polyphenols

2000 • 3,564 citations

Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease.

1988 • 3,468 citations

Tea Catechins and Polyphenols: Health Effects, Metabolism, and Antioxidant Functions

2003 • 1,796 citations

Flavonoid Intake and Long-term Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Cancer in the Seven Countries Study

1995 • 1,769 citations

Dietary reference intakes for vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc : a report of the Panel on Micronutrients, Subcommittees on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients and of Interpretation and Use of Dietary Reference Intakes, and the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine

2001 • 1,713 citations

Antioxidant Capacity of Tea and Common Vegetables

1996 • 1,332 citations

Scientific Concepts of Functional Foods in Europe Consensus Document

1999 • 1,108 citations

Antioxidant Activity of Tea Polyphenols In Vivo: Evidence from Animal Studies

2003 • 945 citations

Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans

1999 • 929 citations

Plant Flavonoids, Especially Tea Flavonols, Are Powerful Antioxidants Using an in Vitro Oxidation Model for Heart Disease

1995 • 768 citations

The Role of Tea in Human Health: An Update

2002 • 754 citations

Simultaneous determination of catechins, caffeine and gallic acids in green, Oolong, black and pu-erh teas using HPLC with a photodiode array detector

2002 • 623 citations

Blood and urine levels of tea catechins after ingestion of different amounts of green tea by human volunteers.

1998 • 570 citations

(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate blocks the induction of nitric oxide synthase by down-regulating lipopolysaccharide-induced activity of transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB.

1997 • 547 citations

Short- and Long-Term Black Tea Consumption Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

2001 • 540 citations

Antioxidant flavonols and ischemic heart disease in a Welsh population of men: the Caerphilly Study

1997 • 525 citations

Antioxidant Effects of Tea: Evidence from Human Clinical Trials

2003 • 502 citations

Neurological mechanisms of green tea polyphenols in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

2004 • 488 citations

Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention by Tea Constituents

2003 • 483 citations

Plants used in cosmetics

2003 • 474 citations

Determination of Tea Components with Antioxidant Activity

2003 • 451 citations

Green tea and thermogenesis: interactions between catechin-polyphenols, caffeine and sympathetic activity

2000 • 436 citations

Preventive effects of drinking green tea on cancer and cardiovascular disease: Epidemiological evidence for multiple targeting prevention

2000 • 416 citations

Phase I pharmacokinetic study of tea polyphenols following single-dose administration of epigallocatechin gallate and polyphenon E.

2001 • 413 citations

Effect of EGCG on lipid absorption and plasma lipid levels in rats

2003 • 393 citations

Factors Affecting the Levels of Tea Polyphenols and Caffeine in Tea Leaves

2003 • 386 citations

Protective effect of green tea against prostate cancer: A case‐control study in southeast China

2003 • 378 citations

Cutaneous photoprotection from ultraviolet injury by green tea polyphenols

2001 • 369 citations

Tea Enhances Insulin Activity

2002 • 367 citations

Does Tea Affect Cardiovascular Disease? A Meta-Analysis

2001 • 363 citations

A single dose of tea with or without milk increases plasma antioxidant activity in humans

2000 • 353 citations

Global view on functional foods: European perspectives

2002 • 326 citations

Black and Green Tea Polyphenols Attenuate Blood Pressure Increases in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

2004 • 317 citations

Catechin Contents of Foods Commonly Consumed in The Netherlands. 2. Tea, Wine, Fruit Juices, and Chocolate Milk

2000 • 316 citations

Recent findings of green tea extract AR25 (Exolise) and its activity for the treatment of obesity

2002 • 310 citations

Influence of Drinking Green Tea on Breast Cancer Malignancy among Japanese Patients

1998 • 308 citations

Effect of tea flavonoid supplementation on the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein to oxidative modification

1997 • 303 citations

Anti-obesity effects of three major components of green tea, catechins, caffeine and theanine, in mice.

2004 • 295 citations

Anticaries Effects of Polyphenolic Compounds from Japanese Green Tea

1991 • 290 citations

Tea and Cancer Prevention: Studies in Animals and Humans

2003 • 277 citations

Bioavailability of catechins from tea: the effect of milk

1998 • 276 citations

Tea and Health

2009 • 269 citations

The Protective Effect of Habitual Tea Consumption on Hypertension

2004 • 259 citations

Catechin Content of 18 Teas and a Green Tea Extract Supplement Correlates With the Antioxidant Capacity

2003 • 259 citations

Essentials of Human Nutrition

2023 • 254 citations

Antioxidative Activity of Green Tea Polyphenol in Cholesterol-Fed Rats

2002 • 253 citations

Multiple effects of green tea catechin on the antifungal activity of antimycotics against Candida albicans

2004 • 247 citations

Effect of Green Tea Supplementation on Insulin Sensitivity in Sprague−Dawley Rats

2004 • 247 citations

Green tea and risk of breast cancer in Asian Americans

2003 • 244 citations

Tea as a functional food for oral health

2002 • 244 citations

Protective effect of green tea on the risks of chronic gastritis and stomach cancer

2001 • 243 citations

Effects of green tea on weight maintenance after body-weight loss

2004 • 242 citations

Coffee and Tea Intake and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction

1999 • 241 citations

Tea Flavonoids May Protect Against Atherosclerosis

1999 • 240 citations

Differentiation of Tea (Camellia sinensis) Varieties and Their Geographical Origin According to their Metal Content

2001 • 239 citations

Plasma and Tissue Levels of Tea Catechins in Rats and Mice During Chronic Consumption of Green Tea Polyphenols

2000 • 234 citations

Green Tea and the Risk of Gastric Cancer in Japan

2001 • 220 citations

Effectiveness of moderate green tea consumption on antioxidative status and plasma lipid profile in humans

2005 • 218 citations

Biochemical pharmacology of functional foods and prevention of chronic diseases of aging

2003 • 217 citations

Tea and coffee consumption and the risk of digestive tract cancers: data from a comparative case-referent study in Japan.

1998 • 214 citations

Green tea extract (AR25®) inhibits lipolysis of triglycerides in gastric and duodenal medium in vitro

2000 • 199 citations

Antioxidant potential of green and black tea determined using the ferric reducing power (FRAP) assay

2000 • 188 citations

Contribution of beverages to the intake of lipophilic and hydrophilic antioxidants in the Spanish diet

2003 • 187 citations

Chemoprotection: A review of the potential therapeutic antioxidant properties of green tea (Camellia sinensis) and certain of its constituents

1997 • 177 citations

Química de los alimentos

1988 • 177 citations

Microbiological activity of whole and fractionated crude extracts of tea (Camellia sinensis), and of tea components

2006 • 176 citations

Dietary sources of vitamin C, vitamin E and specific carotenoids in Spain

2004 • 175 citations

Regular consumption of green tea and the risk of breast cancer recurrence: follow-up study from the Hospital-based Epidemiologic Research Program at Aichi Cancer Center (HERPACC), Japan

2001 • 174 citations

Comparison of antioxidant activity and bioavailability of tea epicatechins with their epimers

2004 • 173 citations

Inhibition of Salivary Amylase by Black and Green Teas and Their Effects on the Intraoral Hydrolysis of Starch

1998 • 164 citations

Cell culture protection andin vivo neuroprotective capacity of flavonoids

2003 • 163 citations

A prospective study of green tea consumption and cancer incidence, Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan).

2001 • 162 citations

Tea catechins inhibit angiogenesis in vitro, measured by human endothelial cell growth, migration and tube formation, through inhibition of VEGF receptor binding

2002 • 162 citations

Neuroprotective Effects of the Green Tea Components Theanine and Catechins

2002 • 161 citations

Green Tea Polyphenol Causes Differential Oxidative Environments in Tumor versus Normal Epithelial Cells

2003 • 159 citations

Relationship among Habitual Tea Consumption, Percent Body Fat, and Body Fat Distribution

2003 • 158 citations

Fluoride and aluminium concentrations of tea plants and tea products from Sichuan Province, PR China

2003 • 156 citations

EGCG down-regulates telomerase in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells, leading to suppression of cell viability and induction of apoptosis

2004 • 155 citations

Phytochemicals as Bioactive Agents

2000 • 153 citations

Delivery of Tea Polyphenols to the Oral Cavity by Green Tea Leaves and Black Tea Extract

2004 • 152 citations

Potential Therapeutic Properties of Green Tea Polyphenols in Parkinson???s Disease

2003 • 142 citations

Addition of milk does not affect the absorption of flavonols from tea in man

2001 • 142 citations

Relation between Green Tea Consumption and the Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis among Japanese Men and Women

2000 • 139 citations

Skin Photoprotection by Green Tea: Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Effects

2003 • 137 citations

Bladder-cancer incidence in relation to vegetable and fruit consumption: A prospective study of atomic-bomb survivors

2000 • 133 citations

Antioxidants of the Beverage Tea in Promotion of Human Health

2004 • 130 citations

Antibacterial and bactericidal activities of Japanese green tea.

1989 • 129 citations

Tea consumption and ovarian cancer risk: a case-control study in China.

2002 • 129 citations

Dose-dependent inhibitory effect of phenolic compounds in foods on nonheme-iron absorption in men

1991 • 129 citations

In vitro mineral availability from digested tea: a rich dietary source of manganese

1998 • 128 citations

Green tea metabolite EGCG protects membranes against oxidative damage in vitro

2003 • 122 citations

British Journal of Nutrition goes live

1999 • 121 citations

Study of Catechin and Xanthine Tea Profiles as Geographical Tracers

2002 • 119 citations

A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer and Green Tea Consumption among Women Living in Shanghai, China

2001 • 117 citations

Aluminium in tea—concentrations, speciation and bioavailability

2002 • 117 citations

Consumption of black tea elicits an increase in plasma antioxidant potential in humans

2000 • 117 citations

Determination of total antioxidant capacity in green tea by near-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate calibration

2003 • 111 citations

Combined inhibition of estrogen‐dependent human breast carcinoma by soy and tea bioactive components in mice

2003 • 107 citations

Beverages: technology, chemistry and microbiology

1994 • 103 citations

Absorption of Tea Catechins into Rat Portal Vein.

1996 • 102 citations

Coffee, Cocoa and Tea

1999 • 102 citations

Green tea and the risk of breast cancer: pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan

2004 • 102 citations

Roles of Catalase and Hydrogen Peroxide in Green Tea Polyphenol-Induced Chemopreventive Effects

2003 • 101 citations

Green Tea Consumption and Subsequent Risk of Gastric Cancer by Subsite: The JPHC Study

2004 • 100 citations

The Effect of Tea Consumption on Oxidative Stress in Smokers and Nonsmokers

1999 • 99 citations

Comparison of Heating Extraction Procedures for Al, Ca, Mg, and Mn in Tea Samples

2002 • 99 citations

Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits platelet-derived growth factor-induced proliferation of human hepatic stellate cell line LI90

2003 • 99 citations

Anticarcinogenic antioxidants as inhibitors against intracellular oxidative stress

2001 • 96 citations

Pharmacokinetics of the green tea derivative, EGCG, by the topical route of administration in mouse and human skin

1999 • 95 citations

Multielement analysis of Chinese tea ( Camellia sinensis ) by total-reflection X-ray fluorescence

1998 • 93 citations

Inhibitory effect of green tea catechins on cysteine proteinases in Porphyromonas gingivalis

2004 • 92 citations

INHIBITION OF ROTAVIRUS AND ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS BY TEA EXTRACTS

1991 • 91 citations

Black tea consumption does not protect low density lipoprotein from oxidative modification

1998 • 91 citations

Phase I study of green tea extract in patients with advanced lung cancer

2004 • 88 citations

Tea intake and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: influence of type of tea beverages.

2000 • 86 citations

Food Flavours: Biology and Chemistry

1997 • 83 citations

Green tea as a potent antioxidant in alcohol intoxication

2002 • 80 citations

Tea Consumption and Risk of Bladder and Kidney Cancers In a Population-based Case-Control Study

2000 • 80 citations

Aluminium and fluoride concentrations of three tea varieties growing at Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

2003 • 77 citations

Green Tea Consumption and Chronic Atrophic Gastritis: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Green Tea Production Village.

2000 • 77 citations

Green tea and gastrointestinal cancer risk

2004 • 76 citations

Tea Intake Is Inversely Related to Blood Pressure in Older Women

2003 • 75 citations

A prospective study of stomach cancer death in relation to green tea consumption in Japan

2002 • 72 citations

Polyphenols, Inflammatory Response, and Cancer Prevention: Chlorination of Isoflavones by Human Neutrophils

2003 • 72 citations

Iron intake and iron status of preschool children: associations with breakfast cereals, vitamin C and meat

1999 • 71 citations

Green Tea <i>(Camellia sinensis)</i> Protects against Selenite-Induced Oxidative Stress in Experimental Cataractogenesis

2002 • 70 citations

Antioxidant Properties of Green and Black Tea, and their Potential Ability to Retard the Progression of Eye Lens Cataract

2001 • 68 citations

Inhibitory effect of green tea catechins in combination with sucralfate on Helicobacter pylori infection in Mongolian gerbils

2004 • 67 citations

Green tea constituent epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits angiogenic differentiation of human endothelial cells

2002 • 67 citations

Weight reduction by Chinese medicinal herbs may be related to inhibition of fatty acid synthase

2004 • 65 citations

Apolipoprotein E genotype modulates the effect of black tea drinking on blood lipids and blood coagulation factors: a pilot study

1998 • 62 citations

Comparison of green tea intake in Japanese patients with and without angiographic coronary artery disease

2002 • 62 citations

The Epidemiology of Tea Consumption and Colorectal Cancer Incidence

2003 • 62 citations

Prospective Study of Educational Background and Stomach Cancer in Japan

2002 • 59 citations

The bio-availability of fluoride from black tea

2001 • 59 citations

HDL in atherosclerosis: actor or bystander?

2003 • 58 citations

Trace element reference values in tissues from inhabitants of the European community. IV. Influence of dietary factors

1994 • 54 citations

Biology and Chemistry

1984 • 53 citations

Black tea extract and dental caries formation in hamsters

2003 • 53 citations

The influence of selenium on the antioxidant activity of green tea

2003 • 49 citations

Growth Inhibition of Prostate Cancer Cells by Epigallocatechin Gallate in the Presence of Cu²⁺

2004 • 47 citations

A nested case–control study of stomach cancer in relation to green tea consumption in Japan

2004 • 46 citations

Prevalence of nutritional anaemia among primary school girls in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia

1999 • 44 citations

Relationship between Serologically Diagnosed Chronic Atrophic Gastritis, Helicobacter pylori, and Environmental Factors in Japanese Men

2000 • 42 citations

Changes with malnutrition in the concentration of plasma vitamin D binding protein in growing rats

2002 • 39 citations

Effect of Life Styles on the Risk of Sybsute-specific Gastric Cancer in Those with and without Family History

1999 • 38 citations

Effect of green tea in the prevention and reversal of fasting-induced intestinal mucosal damage

2003 • 36 citations

Induction of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1 (UDP-GT1) gene complex by green tea in male F344 rats

2002 • 35 citations

Chinese tea consumption and lower risk of Helicobacter infection

2002 • 35 citations

Green tea intake in relation to serum lipid levels in middle-aged Japanese men and women

1997 • 35 citations

No association between green tea and the risk of gastric cancer: pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan.

2003 • 35 citations

Beverages

1994 • 35 citations

Relation of coffee, green tea, and caffeine intake to gallstone disease in middle-aged Japanese men

2002 • 34 citations

Tea intake and risk of colon cancer in African-Americans and whites: North Carolina colon cancer study.

2003 • 34 citations

Daily dietary intake of chromium in southern Spain measured with duplicate diet sampling

2001 • 34 citations

The Effect of Tea Consumption on Oxidative Stress in Smokers and Nonsmokers

1999 • 33 citations

Iron bioavailability and weight gains to iron-deficient rats fed a commonly consumed tunisian meal ‘bean seeds ragout’ with or without beef and with green or black tea decoction

2003 • 32 citations

Aluminum Content in Foods and Beverages Consumed in the Spanish Diet

2000 • 28 citations

Black tea extract and dental caries formation in hamsters

2003 • 27 citations

Antimutagenic Activity of Selenium-Enriched Green Tea Toward the Heterocyclic Amine 2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline

2002 • 25 citations

Vitamin C is one of the lipolytic substances in green tea

2002 • 25 citations

Changes with malnutrition in the concentration of plasma vitamin D binding protein in growing rats

2002 • 25 citations

Prospects for improving the iron fortification of foods.

1992 • 24 citations

Catechins and the treatment of breast cancer: possible utility and mechanistic targets.

2003 • 20 citations

Effects of green tea polyphenols on murine transplant-reactive T cell immunity

2003 • 20 citations

VARIOUS ANTIBROWNING AGENTS AND GREEN TEA EXTRACT DURING PROCESSING AND STORAGE

2003 • 19 citations

Effects of Catechins and Ground Green Tea Drinking on the Susceptibility of Plasma and LDL to the Oxidation In Vitro and Ex Vivo

2002 • 15 citations

Bioavailability and Biological Activity of Tea Polyphenols

2003 • 13 citations

Antioxidant, Antimutagenic and Chemopreventive Activities of a Phyto-extract Mixture Derived from Various Vegetables, Fruits, and Oriental Herbs

2003 • 12 citations

Quantitative Evaluation of Selenium Contained in Tea by High Performance Liquid Chromatography.

2001 • 11 citations

Dietary green tea intake preserves and improves arterial compliance and endothelial function

2003 • 10 citations

Changes in Contents and Extractabilities of Some Ingredients in Tea Leaves during Manufacturing Process of Green Tea (Sencha).

1996 • 4 citations

Dietary Green Tea Intake Preserves and Improves Arterial Compliance and Endothelial Function

2003 • 4 citations

154 Immunogenicity and safety of a novel adjuvanted hepatitis B candidate vaccine in liver transplant patients

2004 • 2 citations

Sildenafic selectively improves endothelium-dependent microcirculation

2003 • 1 citations