Protective Effects of Tea on Human Health

Abstract

The health beneficial properties of tea the worlds most popular beverage have gained prominence during the last two decades. In the book, the editors have brought together under once cover, various health-related aspects of tea. The twenty different chapters of the book review varying health promoting benefits and proposed mechanisms of the action of tea. Contributions by eminent scientists and researchers form the various chapters, each of which represents a well-referenced review of evidence from in vitro, in vivo and clinical models on a specific health ailment.