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Review

A Comprehensive Insight on the Health Benefits and Phytoconstituents of Camellia sinensis and Recent Approaches for Its Quality Control

by
Maram M. Aboulwafa
1,†,
Fadia S. Youssef
1,†,
Haidy A. Gad
1,
Ahmed E. Altyar
2,
Mohamed M. Al-Azizi
1 and
Mohamed L. Ashour
1,3,*
1
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
2
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80260, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
3
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Program, Batterjee Medical College, P.O. Box 6231, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Antioxidants 2019, 8(10), 455; https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100455
Submission received: 1 September 2019 / Revised: 30 September 2019 / Accepted: 3 October 2019 / Published: 6 October 2019
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Abstract

Tea, Camellia sinensis, which belongs to the family Theaceae, is a shrub or evergreen tree up to 16 m in height. Green tea is very popular because of its marked health benefits comprising its anticancer, anti-oxidant, and antimicrobial activities, as well as its effectiveness in reducing body weight. Additionally, it was recognized by Chinese people as an effective traditional drink required for the prophylaxis against many health ailments. This is due to the complex chemical composition of green tea, which comprises different classes of chemical compounds, such as polyphenols, alkaloids, proteins, minerals, vitamins, amino acids, and others. The beneficial health effects of green tea ultimately led to its great consumption and increase its liability to be adulterated by either low-quality or non-green tea products with concomitant decrease in activity. Thus, in this review, green tea was selected to highlight its health benefits and phytoconstituents, as well as recent approaches for its quality-control monitoring that guarantee its incorporation in many pharmaceutical industries. More research is needed to find out other more biological activities, active constituents, and other simple and cheap techniques for its quality assurance that ascertain the prevention of its adulteration.
Keywords: biological activity; Camellia sinensis; phytochemistry; quality control biological activity; Camellia sinensis; phytochemistry; quality control
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Aboulwafa, M.M.; Youssef, F.S.; Gad, H.A.; Altyar, A.E.; Al-Azizi, M.M.; Ashour, M.L. A Comprehensive Insight on the Health Benefits and Phytoconstituents of Camellia sinensis and Recent Approaches for Its Quality Control. Antioxidants 2019, 8, 455. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100455

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Aboulwafa MM, Youssef FS, Gad HA, Altyar AE, Al-Azizi MM, Ashour ML. A Comprehensive Insight on the Health Benefits and Phytoconstituents of Camellia sinensis and Recent Approaches for Its Quality Control. Antioxidants. 2019; 8(10):455. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100455

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Aboulwafa, Maram M., Fadia S. Youssef, Haidy A. Gad, Ahmed E. Altyar, Mohamed M. Al-Azizi, and Mohamed L. Ashour. 2019. "A Comprehensive Insight on the Health Benefits and Phytoconstituents of Camellia sinensis and Recent Approaches for Its Quality Control" Antioxidants 8, no. 10: 455. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100455

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Aboulwafa, M. M., Youssef, F. S., Gad, H. A., Altyar, A. E., Al-Azizi, M. M., & Ashour, M. L. (2019). A Comprehensive Insight on the Health Benefits and Phytoconstituents of Camellia sinensis and Recent Approaches for Its Quality Control. Antioxidants, 8(10), 455. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox8100455

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