SUPPLIMENTATION OF GREEN TEA EXTRACT RESULTS IN CURING VARIOUS AILMENTS

Ardra K.*, Nasiya N., Jerrin Jose K., Dr. Shijikumar P. S., Dr. Sirajudheen M. K. and Sherin A.

ABSTRACT

Green tea is a type of tea that is obtained from Camellia sinensis leaves and buds which have not undergone the same searing and oxidation process used to make teas. The health benefits of green tea for a variety of ailments including different types of cancer, heart diseases and liver diseases were reported. Many of these beneficial effects are related to it's polyphenols such as catechins, eespecially epigallocatechin-3-gallete content. There is good evidences from invitro studies that green tea catechin have role in protection against degenerative disorders. There are also human studies using green tea catechins to treat metabolic disorders like obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors. Generally studies show that green tea catechins could act as anti tumering agent and as immune modulator in immuno dysfunction. It has antiproliferative activity and hypolipidemic activity in hematoma cells and act as preventive agent in breast cancer. Long term consumption of tea catechin could be effective in suppression of fat diet induced obesity by modulation of lipid metabolism and also reduces so many risk factors. Further research that confirms to international standards should be done to monitor the Pharmacological as well as clinical effects of green tea and to elucidate it's mechanism of action.

Keywords: Green tea extract, Polyphenols, Catechins, Health promotion.