Changes of constituents and activity to apoptosis and cell cycle during fermentation of tea

Tea is believed to be beneficial for health, and the effects of the fermentation process on its contributions to apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of gastric cancer cells have not been completely investigated. In this study, the chemical components in green tea, black tea and pu-erh tea aqueous extracts were analyzed and compared. The polysaccharide and caffeine levels were substantially higher in the fermented black tea and pu-erh tea, while the polyphenol level was higher in the unfermented green tea. Hence, a treatment of tea aqueous extract and the components, which are emerging as promising anticancer agents, were pursued to determine whether this treatment could lead to enhance apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. In the human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901, the cell viability and flow cytometry analysis for apoptotic cells indicated effects in a dose-dependent inhibition manner for the three tea treatment groups. The apoptosis rates were found to be elevated after 48 h of treatment with 31.2, 125, and 500 μg/mL of green tea extract, the higher catechins content may be involved in the mechanism. Cell cycle was arrested in S phase in the fermented black tea and pu-erh tea, and the populations were significantly decreased in G2/M phases, possibly due to the oxidation of tea polyphenols, which causes an increase of theabrownins. CCC-HEL-1 normal cells were not sensitive to tea extract. These findings suggest that the fermentation process causes changes of the compounds which might be involved in the changes of cell proliferation inhibition, apoptosis induction and cell cycle arrest.     

Polyphenols and Sunburn

Polyphenols are antioxidant molecules found in many foods such as green tea, chocolate, grape seeds, and wine. Polyphenols have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antineoplastic properties. Growing evidence suggests that polyphenols may be used for the prevention of sunburns as polyphenols decrease the damaging effects of ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation on the skin. This review was conducted to examine the evidence for use of topically and orally ingested polyphenols in prevention of sunburns. The PubMed database was searched for studies that examined polyphenols and its effects on sunburns. Of the 27 studies found, 15 met the inclusion criteria. Seven studies were conducted on human subjects and eight on animals (mice and rats). Eleven studies evaluated the effects of topical polyphenols, two studies examined ingested polyphenols, and two studies examined both topical and ingested polyphenols. Polyphenol sources included the following plant origins: green tea, white tea, cocoa, Romanian propolis (RP), Calluna vulgaris (Cv), grape seeds, honeybush, and Lepidium meyenii (maca). Eight studies examined green tea. Overall, based on the studies, there is evidence that polyphenols in both oral and topical form may provide protection from UV damage and sunburn, and thus are beneficial to skin health. However, current studies are limited and further research is necessary to evaluate the efficacy, mechanism of action, and potential side effects of various forms and concentrations of polyphenols.     

铜仁市四种绿茶茶多酚提取率的比较分析

为对铜仁市茶叶品质成分提供科学依据,用酒石酸亚铁比色法对铜仁市的印江梵净山绿茶、松桃生态绿茶、石阡苔茶、沿河云雾绿茶四县同一季节同一等级茶叶中茶多酚提取率进行比较研究,同时对松桃生态绿茶同一产地不同采收时节茶叶中茶多酚的提取率进行比较研究。结果表明:茶多酚的提取率含量较高的是石阡苔茶,其次是松桃生态绿茶、沿河云雾绿茶、印江梵净山绿茶;松桃县云雾绿茶不同采收时节的茶叶中茶多酚提取率含量较高的是清明茶,其次是清明前茶、谷雨茶、清明后茶。     

The green tea, a good choice for cardiovascular disease prevention?

Tea (Camellia sinensis) has been used for centuries as a medical drink. Around two-thirds of the world's population drink tea. It is originated from southern China and entensive cultivated in Asia and in central African countries. Tea can be grouped into three main types, black, oolong, and green tea. Green tea is not fermented and is a major beverage consumed in Asian countries. Green tea is produced from freshly harvest leaves of the tea plant and they contain water, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins and polyphenols of the flavonoid type. The major flavonoids in green tea are catechins which constitute about one third of its total dry weight. The major catechin present is epigallocatechin gallate (>50%). New data have increased the interest in green tea or its catechins and its role in treatment of cardiovascular disease (CHD) risk factors. The aim of the present paper is to review some studies that have found a relationship between green tea and CHD risk factors. From some of them it can be summarized that of green tea and its catechins consumptions (i) decrease body weight by interfering within the sympathoadrenal system and fatty acid synthesis, (ii) decrease cholesterol absorption and plasma levels, (iii) have strong free radical-scavenging activity inhibiting LDL oxidation, (iv) reduce the adhesion molecule expression, (v) have antitrombotic activities by inhibiting platelet aggregation and (vi) decrease systolic and diastolic blood pressures. The positive effects found suggest that a daily intake of 7 cups of green tea (3.5 g catechins) is a good choose for CHD prevention; however, it is still necessary more studies to check the action of the green tea and its catechins in humans in order to recommended its use in the general population or only in target subjects.     

Identification of Green Tea Catechins as Potent Inhibitors of the Polo‐Box Domain of Polo‐Like kinase 1

Polo‐like kinase 1 (PLK1) plays crucial functions in multiple stages of mitosis and is considered to be a potential drug target for cancer therapy. The functions of PLK1 are mediated by its N‐terminal kinase domain and C‐terminal polo‐box domain (PBD). Most inhibitors targeting the kinase domain of PLK1 have a selectivity issue because of a high degree of structural conservation within kinase domains of all protein kinases. Here, we combined virtual and experimental screenings to identify green tea catechins as potent inhibitors of the PLK1 PBD. Initially, (?)‐epigallocatechin, one of the main components of green tea polyphenols, was found to significantly block the binding of fluorescein‐labeled phosphopeptide to the PBD at a concentration of 10 μm. Next, additional catechins were evaluated for their dose‐dependent inhibition of the PBD and preliminary structure–activity relationships were derived. Cellular analysis further showed that catechins interfere with the proper subcellular localization of PLK1, lead to cell‐cycle arrest in the S and G2M phases, and induce growth inhibition of several human cancer cell types, such as breast adenocarcinoma (MCF7), lung adenocarcinoma (A549), and cervical adenocarcinoma (HeLa). Our data provides new insight into understanding the anticancer activities of green tea catechins.     

Modelling of packed bed adsorption columns for the separation of green tea catechins

Green tea is a rich source of catechins, which when purified have a high economic value as they can be used as a supplement in several products, to increase their health benefits. Catechins are regarded as desired components with several applications in a variety of areas such as foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. A multicomponent sorption model has been developed for the separation of catechins from liquid tea streams, with macroporous resins in a packed bed column. Two commercially available food grade resins were considered: Amberlite XADHP and Diaion HP20. For the desorption step, two food grade solvents are used: water and ethanol. The adsorption and desorption behaviour is subsequently mathematically described with one-dimensional axial dispersed plug flow model that can accurately simulate the dynamics of the solvent swing sorption columns. The model parameters were regressed from experimental data. Five components are modelled in the competitive sorption: the main four catechins present in green tea and caffeine. The model was used for the process design and optimization for the recovery of catechins from green tea.     

Dietary Polyphenols in Prevention and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most prevalent disease affecting males in many Western countries, with an estimated 29,480 deaths in 2014 in the US alone. Incidence rates for prostate cancer deaths have been decreasing since the early 1990s in men of all races/ethnicities, though they remain about 60% higher in African Americans than in any other group. The relationship between dietary polyphenols and the prevention of prostate cancer has been examined previously. Although results are sometimes inconsistent and variable, there is a general agreement that polyphenols hold great promise for the future management of prostate cancer. Various dietary components, including polyphenols, have been shown to possess anti-cancer properties. Generally considered as non-toxic, dietary polyphenols act as key modulators of signaling pathways and are therefore considered ideal chemopreventive agents. Besides possessing various anti-tumor properties, dietary polyphenols also contribute to epigenetic changes associated with the fate of cancer cells and have emerged as potential drugs for therapeutic intervention. Polyphenols have also been shown to affect post-translational modifications and microRNA expressions. This article provides a systematic review of the health benefits of selected dietary polyphenols in prostate cancer, especially focusing on the subclasses of polyphenols, which have a great effect on disease prevention and treatment.     

茶多酚的制备新方法

阐述了茶多酚制备的传统方法及存在的问题。报道了运用超临界CO2 萃取技术与溶剂萃取相结合生产茶多酚的方法。实验结果表明 :运用超临界CO2 萃取技术与溶剂萃取相结合的方法生产的茶多酚 ,其含量可大于 90 % ,咖啡因含量小于 2 % ,收率大于 9% (以茶叶计 ) ,残留溶剂为零     

离子沉淀法提取绿茶中的茶多酚

摘要：以绿茶为原料,水为浸提溶剂,采用离子沉淀法对茶叶中茶多酚的提取进行了研究。探讨了沉淀剂种类、沉淀剂用量、溶剂用量、浸提温度、浸提时间5个因素对茶叶中茶多酚提取的影响,优化了茶多酚提取的最佳工艺条件。结果表明,当以AlCl3为沉淀剂且m沉淀剂：m茶叶=1：5、溶剂用量m茶叶：m水=1：20、浸提温度为水浴75℃、浸提时间45min时,茶多酚的提取率最高,为14．12％。     

铁观音绿茶茶多酚提取工艺研究

将有机溶剂提取法这一技术应用于提取绿茶的有效成分---茶多酚.采用正交实验法优化茶多酚的最佳提取条件,选择浸提温度、浸提次数、浸取时间和有机溶剂的浓度作为考察因素,以茶多酚的提取率为评价指标,通过单因素试验的考察,每个因素选取4个水平.得出最佳的提取工艺为:温度65℃,洗提次数3次,有机溶剂提取时间35 min,有机溶剂浓度55%.在这种条件下从绿茶中提取的茶多酚的收率为最高.并采用红外波谱法对提取出的产品进行定性分析,检测得出绿茶提取物的主要成分为茶多酚.     

茶多酚提取工艺影响因素探究

茶多酚是茶叶的主要活性化合物,有效提取茶多酚,实现其综合利用具有十分重要的现实意义。初步探讨浸提次数、提取温度、不同浓度的提取液、不同的反应时间和茶叶的粉碎情况对茶多酚提取结果的影响。结果表明:70℃水浴为最佳提取温度,70%的甲醇水为最佳提取浓度,60min为最佳放置时间。     

Does green tea affect postprandial glucose,insulin and satiety in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled trial

Background  

Results of epidemiological studies have suggested that consumption of green tea could lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. Intervention studies show that green tea may decrease blood glucose levels, and also increase satiety. This study was conducted to examine the postprandial effects of green tea on glucose levels, glycemic index, insulin levels and satiety in healthy individuals after the consumption of a meal including green tea.     

超声波辅助提取夏枯草多酚的研究前景

夏枯草是一种常见的中药,富含多种活性物质,对人体的生理健康有积极的作用,现在对夏枯草活性成分的提取主要集中在多糖类、黄酮类和萜类物质,而对夏枯草多酚类物质的提取分离研究和活性研究很少,综述了超声波辅助提取法的优势和目前在提取多酚方面的研究。     

茶叶提取物在牙膏中的应用

茶叶中含有茶多酚、生物碱、糖类、氨基酸、茶色素、皂苷、氟以及维生素等多种功能成分,茶叶提取物具有抑菌抗炎、清热解毒、回甘生津、防龋抗蛀、抗过敏质和祛除烟毒等功效,已广泛应用于医药、化妆品、保健品和食品添加剂等领域。含茶叶提取物的牙膏具有抗菌消炎、预防龋齿、生津回甘和分解烟毒等作用。     

微波法从茶叶中提取茶多酚

介绍了以绿茶叶为原料 ,用微波加热法提取茶多酚 ,并通过改变溶剂、提取温度、提取时间等条件对产品提取率的影响进行了探讨 ,获得最佳的提取条件。该方法与传统提取方法相比 ,具有工艺简便、成本低、时间短、节省能源、产品收率高等优点     

茶多酚抑菌抗氧性能研究

用云南临沧地区耿马、双江绿茶为原料,将提取的茶多酚配制成不同浓度的溶液,用平皿纸片法检验茶多酚对致病性细菌和对粮食污染霉菌的拮抗作用,发现其对致病性细菌有抑制作用,提取物的有效抑菌浓度均在５％以上,其中对结核杆菌抑制作用较好,而对粮食污染霉菌基本无效。用ＰＯＶ法测定茶多酚对油脂的抗氧性能,结果表明,茶多酚对食用猪油和菜油均有良好的抗氧性能,并与抗坏血酸和柠檬酸有明显的抗氧协同效应     

The Potential of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) in Targeting Autophagy for Cancer Treatment: A Narrative Review

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process for the degradation of redundant or damaged cellular material by means of a lysosome-dependent mechanism, contributing to cell homeostasis and survival. Autophagy plays a multifaceted and context-dependent role in cancer initiation, maintenance, and progression; it has a tumor suppressive role in the absence of disease and is upregulated in cancer cells to meet their elevated metabolic demands. Autophagy represents a promising but challenging target in cancer treatment. Green tea is a widely used beverage with healthy effects on several diseases, including cancer. The bioactive compounds of green tea are mainly catechins, and epigallocatechin-gallate (EGCG) is the most abundant and biologically active among them. In this review, evidence of autophagy modulation and anti-cancer effects induced by EGCG treatment in experimental cancer models is presented. Reviewed articles reveal that EGCG promotes cytotoxic autophagy often through the inactivation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, resulting in apoptosis induction. EGCG pro-oxidant activity has been postulated to be responsible for its anti-cancer effects. In combination therapy with a chemotherapy drug, EGCG inhibits cell growth and the drug-induced pro-survival autophagy. The selected studies rightly claim EGCG as a valuable agent in cancer chemoprevention.     

Modulatory Effects of Polyphenols on Apoptosis Induction: Relevance for Cancer Prevention

Polyphenols, occurring in fruit and vegetables, wine, tea, extra virgin olive oil, chocolate and other cocoa products, have been demonstrated to have clear antioxidant properties in vitro, and many of their biological actions have been attributed to their intrinsic reducing capabilities. However, it has become clear that, in complex biological systems, polyphenols exhibit several additional properties which are yet poorly understood. Apoptosis is a genetically controlled and evolutionarily conserved form of cell death of critical importance for the normal embryonic development and for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis in the adult organism. The malfunction of the death machinery may play a primary role in various pathological processes, since too little or too much apoptosis can lead to proliferative or degenerative diseases, respectively. Cancer cells are characterized by a deregulated proliferation, and/or an inability to undergo programmed cell death. A large body of evidence indicates that polyphenols can exert chemopreventive effects towards different organ specific cancers, affecting the overall process of carcinogenesis by several mechanisms: inhibition of DNA synthesis, modulation of ROS production, regulation of cell cycle arrest, modulation of survival/proliferation pathways. In addition, polyphenols can directly influence different points of the apoptotic process, and/or the expression of regulatory proteins. Although the bulk of data has been obtained in in vitro systems, a number of clinical studies suggesting a preventive and therapeutic effectiveness of polyphenols in vivo is available. However, a deeper knowledge of the underlying mechanisms responsible for the modulation of apoptosis by polyphenols, and their real effectiveness, is necessary in order to propose them as potential chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic candidates for cancer treatment.     

Pine Bark and Green Tea Concentrated Extracts: Antioxidant Activity and Comprehensive Characterization of Bioactive Compounds by HPLC–ESI-QTOF-MS

The consumption of polyphenols has frequently been associated with low incidence of degenerative diseases. Most of these natural antioxidants come from fruits, vegetables, spices, grains and herbs. For this reason, there has been increasing interest in identifying plant extract compounds. Polymeric tannins and monomeric flavonoids, such as catechin and epicatechin, in pine bark and green tea extracts could be responsible for the higher antioxidant activities of these extracts. The aim of the present study was to characterize the phenolic compounds in pine bark and green tea concentrated extracts using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC–ESI-QTOF-MS). A total of 37 and 35 compounds from pine bark and green tea extracts, respectively, were identified as belonging to various structural classes, mainly flavan-3-ol and its derivatives (including procyanidins). The antioxidant capacity of both extracts was evaluated by three complementary antioxidant activity methods: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC). Higher antioxidant activity values by each method were obtained. In addition, total polyphenol and flavan-3-ol contents, which were determined by Folin–Ciocalteu and vanillin assays, respectively, exhibited higher amounts of gallic acid and (+)-catechin equivalents.     

茶多酚、茶多糖和茶氨酸的联合提取工艺研究

以日照绿茶为实验原料,利用水溶剂提取法,通过正交实验及单因素平行实验的方案,分析了料液质量比、浸提时间和浸提温度对茶多酚、茶多糖和茶氨酸联合萃取效果的影响;通过对萃取剂选择以及离子交换树脂的吸附性能研究,确定了茶多酚、茶多糖和茶氨酸联合分离提取的工艺。实验结果表明:该工艺可有效地从茶叶中提取茶多酚、茶多糖和茶氨酸,茶多酚的提取率为13.85%;茶多糖的提取率为1.76%;茶氨酸的提取率为0.19%。