Saturday, May 29, 2010

May Week 4

Papers I looked at

This article does some GC-MS work to find out what the volatile compounds (what you can smell) in Cocoa tea are, some of my favorite descriptions are sweet, cigarette-like and old paper like.

What’s so special about teas available in Iran? Well, apparently they have a tiny bit more copper and nickel. They also are not able to measure the low levels of toxic metals and conclude that tea is generally safe for consumption. It’s a good thing I waited for this paper to start drinking tea.

Other New Articles

  • Antioxidant properties of tea and herbal infusions - a short report, Rusaczonek, Anna; Swiderski, Franciszek; Waszkiewicz-Robak, Bozena, Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences (2010), 60(1), 33-35.
  • Tea polyphenols inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 expression and block activation of nuclear factor-kappa B and Akt in diethylnitrosoamine induced lung tumors in Swiss mice, Roy, Preeti; Nigam, Nidhi; Singh, Madhulika; George, Jasmine; Srivastava, Smita; Naqvi, Hasnain; Shukla, Yogeshwer, Investigational New Drugs (2010), 28(4), 466-471.
  • Preparation method of catechin materials, Lu, Jianliang; Dong, Zhanbo; Liang, Yuerong; Ye, Jianhui; Zheng, Xinqiang; Fan, Fangyuan, Faming Zhuanli Shenqing Gongkai Shuomingshu (2010)
  • ISSR markers for discriminating tea germplasm resources from Yunnan province, Liu, Ben-ying; Wang, Li-yuan; Li, You-yong; Tang, Yi-chun; He, Wei; Cheng, Hao; Wang, Ping-sheng, Chaye Kexue (2009), 29(5), 355-364.
  • Black Tea Polyphenols-Mediated In vivo Cellular Responses During Carcinogenesis, Kumar G; Pillare S P; Maru G B, Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry (2010), 10(6), 492-505

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

May

Noteable

This article looks at the anti-allergy capabilities of EGCG ((−)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate) in tea.

Other New Articles

  • Inhibition property of green tea extract in relation to reserpine-induced ribosomal strips of rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER) of the rat kidney proximal tubule cells , Journal of Toxicological Sciences (2009), 34(6), 637-645.
  • The effects of EGCG on fat oxidation and endurance performance in male cyclists, International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism (2009), 19(6), 624-644.
  • Comparative study on scavenging free radical activity of red pigment from the fruit of camphor tree, VC and tea polyphenol, Shipin Keji (2009), 34(7), 171-174.
  • Coffee, Tea, Caffeine Intake, and Risk of Adult Glioma in Three Prospective Cohort Studies Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention (2010), 19(1), 39-47
  • Ultrasonic wave-assisted method for extracting theanine from tea leaf , Henan Nongye Daxue Xuebao (2009), 43(4), 472-474.
  • Research on extraction of polyphenol oxidase from fresh tea leaves with phosphate buffer, Huaiyin Shifan Xueyuan Xuebao, Ziran Kexueban (2009), 8(2), 166-168, 172.
  • Comparison of tea and sesame seed oils as two natural antioxidants in a fish oil model system by radical scavenging activity, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition (2009), 60(7), 567-576.
  • Tea, coffee, and cocoa as ultraviolet radiation protectants for the beet armyworm nucleopolyhedrovirus, Journal of Economic Entomology (2009), 102(5), 1767-1773.
  • Expression for caffeine biosynthesis and related enzymes in Camellia sinensis, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences (2010), 65(3-4), 245-56.
  • Effects of green tea on iron accumulation and oxidative stress in livers of iron-challenged thalassemic mice, Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) (2010), 6(2), 57-64
  • Pigmented contact cheilitis: from green tea?, Contact dermatitis (2010), 62(1), 60-1.