Preface
Section 1: Tea, Tea Drinking and Varieties
1. The tea plants: botanical aspects
Diganta Deka, Dharitri Sarmah, Harisadhan Malakar, . Sentimenla, Ranjit Paul, Md. Yeasin, Animesh Sarkar, C. S. Smith and Tanmoy Karak
2. Black tea: manufacture and composition
Podma Pollov Sarmah, Himangshu Deka, Santanu Sabhapondit, Pritom Chowdhury, Kaberi Rajkhowa and Tanmoy Karak
3. Green tea: plants, artisanal knowledge, processing, manufacturing and production
Selena Ahmed and John Richard Stepp
4. White tea: the plants, processing, manufacturing and production
Jenny T. Mao, Qing-Yi Lu and Zhou-Feng Zhang
5. Pu-erh Tea: Botany, Ethnobotany, Production, and Chemistry
Selena Ahmed and John Richard Stepp
6. Mate-tea: manufacture and composition
Mariana Mesquita
7. Kombucha type fermented teas
Karolina Jakubczyk, Klaudia Melkis, Alicja Ligenza and Katarzyna Janda-Milczarek
8. Oolong tea : the plants, processing, manufacturing and production
Po-An Chen
9. Herbal teas
Concepción Obón and Diego Rivera
Section 2: Production, Processing and Preparation
10. Advances in processing of tea extracts: emerging sustainable technologies
Francisco Díaz, Ricardo Ferreira, Beatriz Piñeiro-Lago, Susana M. Cardoso, Maria Dolores Torres and Herminia Domínguez
11. The effect of tea brewing time on chemical content and biological activity
KASIM TAKIM
12. Tea processing and impact on catechins, theaflavin and thearubigin formation
Alfred Anakalo Shitandi
Section 3: Compositional and Nutritional Aspects
13. Compounds found in tea, their concentrations, and methods of analysis
Dhanya B. Sen, Rajesh A. Maheshwari, Aarti Zanwar, Greeshma KP and Ashim Kumar Sen
14. Infusion times and temperature on the composition of tea beverages
Ozan Kahraman, Türkan Uzlaşır, Gamze Guclu, Serkan Selli and Hasim Kelebek
15. Adulterants in tea
Jibu Thomas, Nivethitha Leelakrishnan, Tanujaa Ravindran and Levin Anbu Gomez
16. How the health-benefit components of tea vary depending on the cultivar and season: The example of Darjeeling tea
S. Das and Anjan Hazra
17. FLUORIDE AND TEAS CONSUMPTION: A Balanced Synopsis
L.A.R. Valadas, Constanza E. Fernandez, Vanara Florêncio Passos and Aldo Squassi
18. Trace elements and nutritional aspects of tea (copper, iron and zinc)
Himangshu Deka, Tupu Barman and Podma Pollov Sarmah
19. Heavy metals in teas and their health implications
Burhan Basaran and Özlem Saral
20. Tea as a dietary antioxidant: contribution to total antioxidant capacity
Alessandra Silva, Gabriela Sol, Dandara Bonifácio, Josefina Bressan and Andréia Ribeiro
21. Tea and food antioxidant interactions: investigating antagonism and synergism
Ezgi Doğan Cömert, Ecem Evrim Çelik and Vural Gökmen
22. Matcha tea: and its antioxidant profile and effects
Karolina Jakubczyk
23. Tea, energy metabolism and the satiety responses
Natália Cristina de Faria, Ana Paula da Costa Soares and Lucilene Rezende Anastácio
Section 4: General Aspects of the Effects of Tea
a. Body, organs, and tissues
24. Tea consumption and body fat distribution
Chao Cao
25. Revising the potential role of black tea to alleviate metabolic syndrome
Ritwija Bhattacharya, Dishari Dasgupta, Manabi Paul, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay and Pritha Bhattacharjee
26. Kombucha tea and liver protection
Essam Abdel-Sattar, Shahira Ezzat and E. Mahrous
27. Tea and the gut microbiota
ABBE MALEYKI BIN MHD JALIL and Christine Ann Edwards
28. Evaluation of anti-osteoporosis effects of Camellia sinensis (tea), its extracts and major compounds
Naibedya Chattopadhyay
29. Potential clinical application of green tea therapy to ocular protection
Kai On Chu, C Pang and Chi Chiu Wang
30. Tea and the diabetic heart: clinical aspects, bioactives, markers and outcomes of cardiovascular disease in diabetes
Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla
31. Linking exercise and green tea consumption as an antioxidant strategy
Hadi Nobari and saber saedmocheshi
32. Bioinformatics applications for evaluating health and pharmacological properties of tea: use of computer-assisted drug discovery tools
Anish Mathew Chacko, Yatheesharadhya Bylappa and Anish Nag
b. Celular and non organ effects
33. Sunscreens from green tea
SETYO NURWAINI
34. Tea and kidney stone formation
Roswitha Siener
35. Tea and cancer risk
Dwina Juliana Warman and Huijuan Jia
36. Molecular aspects of the effects of green tea extracts in cancer studies
Fatemeh Safari
37. Epigenetic factors of green tea consumption in cancer prevention
László Szabó, Ferenc Budán, Dávid Szép, Zoltán Gyöngyi, Bence Raposa and István Kiss
38. The potential for black tea in combating arsenic toxicity
MADHUMITA ROY, Archismaan Ghosh and Amitava Datta
39. Tea extract and usage against multidrug-resistant bacteria
Abhishek Mehta and Mahendra Pratap Mehta
40. Tea and its antibacterial effects compared to other plants
Aparna Shil, Sudipta Majhi, Sima Sikdar, Prerona Biswas and Mausumi Sikdar (née Bhakta)
Section 5: Focused Areas, Specific Tea Components and Effects on Tissue and Organ Systems
41. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and effects on leukemia cells
Maliheh Moradzadeh
42. Tea epigallocatechin gallate and impact on life span
Rohit Sharma
43. Epigallocatechingallate and its antifungal profiles
Dwi Murtiastutik, Lunardi Bintanjoyo and Yusuf Wibisono
44. Unravelling molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate by proteomic investigations
Sunisa Yoodee and Visith Thongboonkerd
45. Autophagy and green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate: applications to female reproductive cancers
Gene Man
46. Green tea epigallocatechin gallate and its impact on heart health
Yuejin Li
47. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG): in silico and molecular docking properties
Chi Chiu Wang, Kennes Sze Wan Hung and Gene Man
48. Molecular effects of green tea epigallocatechin gallate on the microRNA-143/MAPK7 and microRNA-let-7a/HMGA2 pathways
Yung-Hsi Kao, Hui-Chen Ku, Chih-Chun Kuo, Tsung-Chen Su, Meei-Ju Yang and Ching-Feng Cheng
49. Pharmacology of caffeine: Implications for tea drinking
Rajesh A. Maheshwari, Dhanya B. Sen, Aman B. Upaganlawar, Ashim Kumar Sen and Umang Shah
50. Caffeine and potential use in Parkinson's Disease
Angshuman Bagchi
51. Catechin: features and linking effects on caffeine and mast cells
ITSURO KAZAMA
52. Green Tea Catechins and Physical Activity: Exploring their Role in Prostate Cancer Studies
Hadi Nobari, saber saedmocheshi and Alberto Pérez-López
53. Candida glabrata: protection with tea derived rutin and coumaroylquinic acid
Jigisha Anand, Shubhangee Agarwal, Pavita Thapa, Maitri Gupta, Rakesh Kumar Bachheti and NISHANT RAI
54. Theaflavins in tea: features and effects
Ashim Kumar Sen, Rajesh A. Maheshwari, Faruk Alam, Rajesh L. Dumpala, Umang Shah and Dhanya
B. Sen
55. Theaflavin enriched black tea: uses and applications
Dhrubajyoti Sarkar, Ushasi Das and Sohini Chatterjee
56. Theanine (L-glutamylethylamide) in tea, and protection of bladder function
Yoshiyuki Kojima and Kanako Matsuoka
57. Tea catechins and theaflavins, and molecular docking studies for drug targets
Vandana Bharat Patravale and Susmit Mhatre
58. Oolonghomobisflavans in oolong tea and lifespan effects
Chatrawee Duangjan and Sean P. Curran
Section 6: Behavior, Brain, and Neurological Systems
59. Tea consumption and depression
Mustafa Volkan Yilmaz, Esma Asil and Aslı Uçar
60. Tea drinking and reduction of anxiety
Mohammad Bakhriansyah
61. Theanine and amelioration of brain stress
Keiko Unno
62. Theanine (L-gamma-glutamylethylamide) in green tea, and its use in cognition
Yoshitake Baba
63. Theanine (L-gamma- glutamylethylamide) in tea: effects on attention and underlying neurophysiology
Tharaka Lagath Dassanayake
64. Green Tea Prevents Apoptosis in Stroke
Abdulloh Machin
65. Caffeine and beneficial cognitive effects
Joana A. Loureiro
66. Tea catechin and visual motion processing
Yuko Sugita
67. Green tea and health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia
Masayuki Teramoto, Ehab Eshak and Hiroyasu Iso
Section 7: Adverse Effects and Contaminants of Tea and Tea-Related Products
68. Toxicity of tea polyphenols
Dennis P. Cladis
69. Arsenic and chromium in teas: assessing their nutritional and health implications
Harisadhan Malakar, Jintu Dutta, Animesh Sarkar, Diganta Deka, Jurisandhya Bordoloi, Ranjit Paul, Md. Yeasin, C. S. Smith and Tanmoy Karak
70. Anthraquinone in tea and implications for toxicology
Francisco J. Hidalgo
71. Clinical evidence of tea–drug interactions
Shingen Misaka and Kenju Shimomura
72. Glyphosate in tea as a potentially toxic compound
Nguyen Thanh Dam Sr., Huy Nguyen, Tam Nguyen, Hong-Anh Duong and Viet Hung Pham
73. Microplastic Pollution in Tea: What Do We Know?
Farah Noshin Chowdhury and Md. Mostafizur Rahman
Section 8: Applications of byproducts, Selective Methods and Resources
74. Usage of spent tea leaves: a new narrative
Narashans Alok Sagar Sr., Meenakshi Pathak, Ramveer Singh, Eng-Keng Seow and Ajay V. Chinchkar
75. Uses and profiles of spent black tea: Micro encapsulation and antioxidant activity
Surakshi Rajapaksha and Naoto Shimizu
76. Advanced analytical techniques for bioactive compounds in tea
Yunle Huang, Rui Min Vivian Goh, Aileen Pua, Lionel Jublot, Shaoquan Liu and Bin Yu
77. Catechins in tea and methods for their detection
Constantin Apetrei and Irina Georgiana Munteanu
78. Methods and Technologies for the analysis of caffeine in tea
Nayomi Dave, Pranav Sonawane, Tanu Dixit, Asmita Pramanic and Selvan Ravindran
79. Pesticides in teas: methods of analysis
KASIM TAKIM
80. Carotenoids in Tea
Xin-Qiang Zheng, Xiao-Xiang Li, Na-Na Li, Jian-Liang Lu, Victor R Preedy, Jian-Hui Ye and Yue-Rong Liang
81. Contamination level of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in tea and tea infusion: analytical methods and risk assessment
Ngoc Nguyen, Nguyen Thanh Dam Sr., Viet Hung Pham and Hong-Anh Duong
82. Resources
Rajkumar Rajendram