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Posted on March 1st, 2008 by EGCG
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Green tea normall around 35 per cent of ingredients what we called polyphenols. Of the polyphenols in green tea, there are about 4 major polyphenols which are epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin, and epicatechin. Among them, egcg has been strongly tested and claimed to be beneficial for our health.
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by EGCG
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Earlier China was the only country in the world where Tea cultivations was practiced. But these days there are so many countries with adequate climatic conditions which are engaged in this business. Major Tea producers of recent world are India, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Mauritius, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon . Tea production is also very common in few other parts of the world like South America, Japan, Australasia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle and Far East , but the production is not on a very large scale , rather they cultivate it only for domestic purposes.
Tea production depends on the factors like altitude, proximity of the equator, rain per Cm climatic conditions of the region. Yields per hectare depends on the above factors but also on the good husbandry by the producer.
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by sauravgr
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Tea , one of the most famous beverages has a very interesting History which any one would like to know. Tea was first ever evolved in the year 2737 B.C in China. It so happened that the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was taking a tour of his kingdom with his servant. After few hours of long tour , the emperor was so tired and he sat beneath a bush and ordered his servant to boil some water for him to drink. As the servant was boiling water a leaf from those bush fell down in to that water, Shen Nung tried the brew and he liked it a lot. The bush was of camellia sinensis , now which is known by TEA all across the world.
Chinese monk were the first to distribute the knowledge of this soothing drink cultivation all across the world. Between 618-907 Tea was the national drink of China. Chinese monk use to cultivate the tea plant in the Chinese royal palaces.
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by sauravgr
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Tea, one of the most common beverages, without which we cant even think of to start our daily schedule. Tea with its various flavor and aroma refreshes us for rest of the day and keep us alive. Have we ever thought of the way how it is being manufactured?
Saplings of tea leaves from the vast tea gardens is plucked before being taken to the factory for processing. Number of local people are hired for this purpose who first pick up those saplings from the garden and then take it to the factories. Its about 30-35 kg of tea leaves are required to manufacture 7.5-9 kg of black tea.
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by sauravgr
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Even though a intake of Tea refreshes our mood and energise us for rest of the works in our day to day life, but there is something which we can`t over-look about Tea, Yes !! its effect on our bones. The caffein content of Tea may have a bad impact on our bones, specially on the spinal cords. The vertibral column which acts as a covering tube for our spinal cord gets affectd due to continuous and frequent intake of Tea.
Posted on January 31st, 2008 by sauravgr
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According a research from China, the anti oxidant effects of green tea ingredients namely polyphenols may help protect neurons against damaging effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO)and therefore offering some potential benefits for Parkinson’s Disease.
Parkinson’s disease is one of the degenerative disorders and it usually affect the movement and cause symptoms like rigidity, tremor and it affect around more than one million Americans each year currently.
Posted on December 25th, 2007 by EGCG
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Antioxidant cocktail showed some promising results against prostate cancer. The trials was carried out at the University of Sydney and they produced promising results with reductions of upto twenty five percent of tumour growth in mouse models.
The trials was done with commercially available an antioxidant drink called Blueberry Punch, and they are led by Dr Jas Sing from the University’s ANZAC Research Institute and Dr Qihan Dong from Bosch Institute. They are planning to put the trials forward and human trials may begin shortly.
Posted on December 11th, 2007 by EGCG
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A major ingredient of green tea, EGCG may be effective against severe sepsis which is an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. Haichao Wang, PhD, of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and his colleagues have done a laboratory study to study the therapeutic powers of many Chinese herbal compounds against “severe sepsis” which is a fatal immune response that kills over 200,000 Americans every year. They found out that EGCG in green tea saved mice from lethal sepsis and their findings could lead to clinical trials in patients.
Posted on November 11th, 2007 by EGCG
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It is interesting that green tea may help protect against autoimmune disease according to Medical College of Georgia researchers. Researchers studied an animal model for type I diabetes and primary Sjogren’s Syndrome, which damages the glands that produce tears and saliva.
They found significantly less salivary gland damage in a group treated with green tea extract, suggesting a reduction of the Sjogren’s symptom commonly referred to as dry mouth. Dry mouth can also be caused by certain drugs, radiation and other diseases
To read more, visit
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070419140910.htm
Posted on October 28th, 2007 by EGCG
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