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" Tea : "
edited by Yong-su Zhen ; associate editors, Zong-mao Chen, Shu-jun Cheng, Miao-lan Chen.
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BL
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1024338
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b778708
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Tea : : bioactivity and therapeutic potential /\ edited by Yong-su Zhen ; associate editors, Zong-mao Chen, Shu-jun Cheng, Miao-lan Chen.
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London ;New York :: Taylor & Francis,, 2002.
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| Series Statement
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Medicinal and aromatic plants--industrial profiles ;; v. 17
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1 online resource (xii, 267 pages) :: illustrations.
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0203301277
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: 0415273455
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: 6610053707
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: 9780203301272
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: 9780415273459
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: 9786610053704
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface to the Series; Preface; Contributors; 1 Tea and Health An Overview; 2 Botanical Classification of Tea Plants; 3 Green Tea Black Tea and Semi fermented Tea; 4 The Chemistry of Tea Non volatiles; 5 The Chemistry of Tea Volatiles; 6 Biochemical and Cellular Bases for Tea Activity; 7 Pharmacological Effect of Caffeine and Related Purine Alkaloids; 8 The Effects of Tea on the Cardiovascular System; 9 Antimicrobial Activity of Tea Products; 10 Anticarcinogenic Activity of Tea; 11 Antitumor Activity of Tea Products.
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12 Therapeutic Uses of Tea in Traditional Chinese Medicine13 Agronomy and Commercial Production of Tea; Index.
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| Abstract
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The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is of particular importance to humans, and the consumption of tea has a long history of over 2000 years. Currently, tea is one of the most popular beverages worldwide. In recent years the subject of tea has attracted a great deal of attention. As well as the use of tea in traditional medicine, modern biochemical research has shown the potential application of tea and tea products to disease prevention and therapy.The goal of this book is to cover all relevant aspects including botanical identification, processing and major categories of tea, physiological.
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Tea-- Therapeutic use.
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Tea.
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NATURE-- Plants-- General.
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Tea-- Therapeutic use.
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Tea.
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Plants, Medicinal.
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Tea.
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| Dewey Classification
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583.624
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RM251.T432 2002eb
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2002 G-504
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QV 766T253 2002
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Chen, Miao-lan.
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Chen, Zongmao.
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Cheng, Shu-jun.
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Zhen, Yong-su.
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