TY - BOOK TI - Protective effects of tea on human health SN - 9781845931124 U1 - 615.321 PY - 2006/// CY - UK PB - CABI N1 - Tea is a health-promoting beverage in lowering the risk of premature killing chronic diseases : a review / J.H. Weisburger -- Tea as a rasayana / B.N. Dhawan -- Prophylactic functions of tea catechins / Y. Hara -- Bioavailabilities of tea polyphenols in humans and rodents / J.D. Lambert, J. Hong, H. Lu, X. Meng, M.-J. Lee and C.S. Yang -- Immunomodulatory activity of tea / J. Singh and G.N. Qazi -- Antigenotoxic activity of tea / Y. Shukla and A. Arora -- Methodological issues in population studies of tea and disease prevention / I.A. Hakim -- Protective effects of tea against cardiovascular diseases / S. Wiseman, I. Zijp, R. Weggemans and A. Rietveld -- Potential targets of tea polyphenols in cancer prevention / T. Das, G. Sa, and M. Siddiqi. The beverage tea in chemoprevention of prostate cancer / M. Saleem, I.A. Siddiqui, and H. Mukhtar -- Anti-diabetic effects of tea and its constituents / Y.K. Gupta, C. Tripathi, and Y. Shukla -- Green tea catechins against oxidative stress of renal disease / T.P. Rao, L.R. Juneja, and T. Yokozawa -- Hepatoprotective properties of tea / Y. Shukla, N. Kalra, and Y.K. Gupta -- Preventive effects of tea against obesity / K. Sayama, T. Hase, I. Tokimitsu and I. Oguni -- Protective effects of tea against lung/pulmonary ailments / H. Yamada -- Antibacterial and antiviral effects of tea : from influenza to SARS / P.C. Leung -- Green tea and the prevention of arthritis / S. Ahmed, B.B. Hafeez, and T.M. Haqqi -- Chemoprevention effect of tea against neuronal death-dementia / T. Kakadu -- Chemoprevention action of tea against senescence/ageing / K. Unno -- Tea and oral health / C.D. Wu ER -