MULTIFARIOUS PHARMACOLOGICAL POTENTIALS OF GREEN AND BLACK TEA EXTRACTED FROM CAMELLIA SINENSIS: FROM KITCHEN TO CLINIC

Harsimran Singh*, Jagdeep Kaur and Nitish Kumar

ABSTRACT

Camellia sinensis, imperative and therapeutically active basil broadly used as a beverage. The leaves of Camellia sinensis has been used extensively to prepare different types of tea. The various varieties of tea extracted from Camellia sinensis are green tea, black tea, oolong tea and white tea. These varieties of tea are useful for the treatment of number of pathological conditions. Out of these varieties the green tea has great potential in the prevention and treatment of pathological disorders such as neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, diabetes mellitus and oxidative stress. In addition, the black tea shows a fabulous effect on cardiac disorders such as angina pectoris, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction. In this review, we have critically discussed the possible mechanisms involved in the treatment of various disorders by the use of green and black tea.

Keywords: Tea, Anti-oxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-cancer.