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Preventive Effects of Catechins on Cardiovascular Disease

Molecules, 2016
Catechins are polyphenolic phytochemicals with many important physiological activities that play a multifaceted health care function in the human body, especially in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Xiao-Qiang Chen, Ting Hu, Yu Han, Wei Huang, Hai-Bo Yuan, Yun-Tian Zhang, Yu Du, Yong-Wen Jiang   +7 more
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Catechins as Antimicrobial Agents and Their Contribution to Cosmetics

Cosmetics
Natural ingredients are an important source of bioactive compounds. Among these bioactive compounds, polyphenols are the most interesting because of their health benefits.
Soraya Ratnawulan Mita, Nurul Inaya Muhtar, Sri Agung Fitri Kusuma, Sriwidodo Sriwidodo, Ryan Proxy Hendrawan   +4 more
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Research progress in the effects of processing techniques on catechins in green tea

Shipin yu jixie
Catechins are the key substances that endow green tea with a bitter and astringent taste, and the changes in their structures and content have an important effect on the flavor quality of green tea.
YUAN Fangzheng, WEI Yu, LI Fengling, DU Xuehui, SHI Haichuan, GAO Aiying   +5 more
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Green Tea: Antioxidant vs. Pro-Oxidant Activity

Beverages
Green tea is one of the most consumed beverages globally. It is very popular due to its specific taste, energizing effect and some health benefits related mainly to the catechins content.
Stanila Stoeva, Nadezhda Hvarchanova, Kaloyan D. Georgiev, Maya Radeva-Ilieva   +3 more
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Sequential Green Extraction of Caffeine and Catechins from Green Tea

International Journal of Secondary Metabolite, 2019
Separation of caffeine and catechins from tea extracts usually requires conventional liquid-liquid extraction employing chloroform.  This work was planned to improve a green extraction technique to distunguish these important chemicals from green tea ...
Gönül Serdar, Ezgi Demir, Münevver Sökmen   +2 more
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Catechins Blunt the Effects of oxLDL and its Primary Metabolite Phosphatidylcholine Hydroperoxide on Endothelial Dysfunction Through Inhibition of Oxidative Stress and Restoration of eNOS in Rats

Kidney & Blood Pressure Research, 2017
Background/Aims: We explored the effects of catechins (decaffeinated green tea extracts containing (–)-epicatechin, (–)-epigallocatechin, (–)-epicatechin gallate and (–)-epigallocatechin gallate) on atherosclerosis risk factors, oxidized low-density ...
Hao-Hsiang Chang, Chen-Yen Chien, Kuo-Hsin Chen, Shih-Chung Huang, Chiang-Ting Chien   +4 more
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Green Tea: Current Knowledge and Issues

Foods
Green tea possesses antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antimicrobial activities, reduces body weight, and slows down aging. These effects are primarily attributed to catechins contained in green tea leaves, particularly epigallocatechin-3 ...
Maya Radeva-Ilieva, Stanila Stoeva, Nadezhda Hvarchanova, Kaloyan D. Georgiev   +3 more
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The Potential Mechanisms of Catechins in Tea for Anti-Hypertension: An Integration of Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Foods
Catechins, a class of polyphenolic compounds found in tea, have attracted significant attention due to their numerous health benefits, particularly for the treatment and protection of hypertension.
Yanming Tuo, Xiaofeng Lu, Fang Tao, Marat Tukhvatshin, Fumin Xiang, Xi Wang, Yutao Shi, Jinke Lin, Yunfei Hu   +8 more
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Encapsulated Gambir catechin-palm fatty acid distillate as an antibacterial and antioxidant feed additive and its effects on rumen fermentation products

Results in Engineering
Catechins are plant-derived polyphenols with strong antibacterial and antioxidant properties. However, their instability and rapid degradation in the rumen limit their effectiveness as functional feed additives in ruminant diets.
Roni Pazla, Antonius, Novirman Jamarun, Elihasridas, Zaitul Ikhlas, Yelly Fitri, Eni Siti Rohaeni, Usman, Otih Rostiana, Waryat, Setyadjit, Meivie Lintang, Alvi Yani, Gabriel Herald Joseph, Leni Marlina, Ardinal   +15 more
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Mechanisms of Anti-Obesity Effects of Catechins: A Review

International Journal of Nutrition Sciences, 2018
Overweight and obesity is a public health problem worldwide. Green tea catechins are a group of plant flavonoids from flavanol subgroup. The beneficial effects of catechins on weight loss and prevention of obesity has been previously acknowledged.
Masoumeh Akhlaghi, Ali Kohanmoo
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