Green Tea Modern Benefit,Applicable Uses and Research New findings.Green Tea Extract.Green Tea Polyphenols.

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Green Tea Applicable Uses:Disease Prevention Cancer reduction.

Green Tea Extract INCI Name Camelia Sinensis Extract EINECS ELINCS No 283-519-7 CAS 84650-60-2 Tea Polyphenols photo picture image Epidemiological studies show that people who drink green tea have significantly lower risks of many diseases, including cancer, heart disease and stroke. Laboratory studies show that green tea extract protects against, and may be an effective treatment for many common degenerative diseases.

 The active constituents in green tea are the catechin polyphenols. Green tea catechins are potent antioxidants that provide health benefits beyond their ability to neutralize free radicals.

 Cancer starts when a sudden variation, under circumstances, happens in genes of a certain cell in the body. The cancer cells split and proliferate rapidly into carcinogenic tissues. Thus it's of prime importance to suppress the sudden variation in genes or block tumor growth.

 The ability of green tea to prevent cancer is so well established that new studies are testing green tea as a potential cancer therapy. Green tea may be especially protective against lung cancer in former and current cigarette smokers. Its lung cancer protective effects are of significant importance based on new studies showing that former smokers are at greater risk for developing lung cancer than was previously thought.

 Lots of researches prove that Tea Polyphenols can not only suppress several types of mutation caused by physical factors (ultraviolet ray, high temperature, etc) or chemical factors (chemical carcinogens), but also prevent the prolifera of carcinogenic tissues. Anti-mutation tests show that TP, especially its epigallocatechin gallate, can efficiently suppress various kinds of carcinogens, e.g. from smoking, nitrous acid, ultraviolet rays. The cell tests in cancer-affected mice show that, after given TP injection or fed with TP, the growth of tumor cells in the mice is inhibited.

 Even after a mutation happens, TP can arrest cancel development by inducing cancer cells apoptosis. It's already proved by tests that TP can induce apoptosis in several kinds of cancer cells such as stomach cancer cells, mammary cancer cells, prostate cancer cells, etc, while TP keeps normal cells unharmed.

 Furthermore, TP helps prevent cancer cells from metastasis. Cancer cells easily metastasize through blood vessels to other parts in the body and proliferate in new positions. Tests in lung cancer cells show that TP has strong power in preventing cancer cells from bedding in supraskin cells and basement membranes.

 Anticancer tests in animals confirmed that TP has suppressive effect on skin cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, mammary cancer and pancreata cancer.
 Green Tea Extract INCI Name Camelia Sinensis Extract EINECS ELINCS No 283-519-7 CAS 84650-60-2 Tea Polyphenols photo picture image

 Green tea catechins have been shown to prevent cancer in the following ways:

 To sum up, Tea Polyphenols have mainly the following anti-cancer effects:
  1. Suppress genes mutation;
  2. Inhibit the prolifera of cancer cells;
  3. Induce apoptosis in cancer cells;
  4. Prevent cancer cells from metastasis.
  5.Help to neutralize dietary carcinogens such as nitrosamine and aflatoxin.
  6.Interfere with the binding of cancer-causing agents to cellular DNA, thereby protecting cells against mutations that can eventually cause cancer.
  7.Protect against free-radical DNA damage that causes some cancers.
  8.Inhibit bacterial-induced DNA mutations that also can lead to certain cancers.
  9.Work with enzymes and other antioxidants in the intestine, liver and lungs to prevent the activation of certain carcinogens before they damage DNA.
  10.Protect against the effects of ionizing radiation and ultraviolet radiation.

 Green tea has been shown to counteract both the initiation and promotion of carcinogenesis. Some studies have shown that green tea blocks the formation of certain tumors. If green tea's only benefit were to reduce the risk of cancer, it would be well worth taking as a beverage or supplement.

 The polyphenols that act as antioxidants by suppressing free radicals, recent studies have shown that the constituents in Green tea may reduce the risks of certain types of cancer including: prostate, oral, colon, stomach. In animal studies Green tea extract injections have actually reduced the size of cancerous tumors.

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last edit date:8th,May.2009.