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  2. Tea (as plant) // Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze // Thea sinensis L.

Tea (as plant) // Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze // Thea sinensis L.

Family:
Theaceae
Approval state:
Approved
Number of articles retrieved:
20274
Number of processed references:
6
Compositions
#1: Theophylline in leaves #2: Epigallocatechin gallate in leaves #3: Epicatechin gallate in leaves #4: Caffeine in leaves #5: Epigallocatechin in leaves #6: Caffeine in leaves #7: Epicatechin gallate in leaves #8: Gallocatechin gallate in leaves #9: Saponins in flowers #10: Caffeine in flowers #11: Epigallocatechin in leaves #12: Gallic acid in leaves #13: Epigallocatechin gallate in leaves
Endpoint Studies
#1: Lethality in dogs
Genotoxicity
Composition #1: No Author and Editor data available. NTP Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Theophylline (CAS No. 58-55-9) in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice (Feed and Gavage Studies). national toxicology program technical report series, 1998, vol. 473, p. 1–326. .
Composition #2: Nikaidou, S., Ishizuka, M., Maeda, Y., Hara, Y., Kazusaka, A., Fujita, S. Effect of components of green tea extracts, caffeine and catechins on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme activities and mutagenic transformation of carcinogens . japanese journal of veterinary research, 2005, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 185–192. .
Composition #3: Nikaidou, S., Ishizuka, M., Maeda, Y., Hara, Y., Kazusaka, A., Fujita, S. Effect of components of green tea extracts, caffeine and catechins on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme activities and mutagenic transformation of carcinogens . japanese journal of veterinary research, 2005, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 185–192. .
Composition #4: Nikaidou, S., Ishizuka, M., Maeda, Y., Hara, Y., Kazusaka, A., Fujita, S. Effect of components of green tea extracts, caffeine and catechins on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme activities and mutagenic transformation of carcinogens . japanese journal of veterinary research, 2005, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 185–192. .
Composition #5: Nikaidou, S., Ishizuka, M., Maeda, Y., Hara, Y., Kazusaka, A., Fujita, S. Effect of components of green tea extracts, caffeine and catechins on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme activities and mutagenic transformation of carcinogens . japanese journal of veterinary research, 2005, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 185–192. .
Composition #6: Isbrucker, RA., Bausch, J., Edwards, JA., Wolz, E. Safety studies on epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) preparations. Part 1: Genotoxicity . food and chemical toxicology, 2006, vol. 44, no. 5, p. 626–635. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.07.005. [DOI link]
Composition #7: Isbrucker, RA., Bausch, J., Edwards, JA., Wolz, E. Safety studies on epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) preparations. Part 1: Genotoxicity . food and chemical toxicology, 2006, vol. 44, no. 5, p. 626–635. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.07.005. [DOI link]
Composition #8: Isbrucker, RA., Bausch, J., Edwards, JA., Wolz, E. Safety studies on epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) preparations. Part 1: Genotoxicity . food and chemical toxicology, 2006, vol. 44, no. 5, p. 626–635. DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.07.005. [DOI link]
Composition #9: Li, Bo., Jin, Yuxia., Xu, Yi., Wu, Yuanyuan., Xu, Jiying., Tu, Youying. Safety evaluation of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) flower extract: Assessment of mutagenicity, and acute and subchronic toxicity in rats . journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011, vol. 133, no. 2, p. 583–590. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.030. [DOI link]
Composition #10: Li, Bo., Jin, Yuxia., Xu, Yi., Wu, Yuanyuan., Xu, Jiying., Tu, Youying. Safety evaluation of tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) flower extract: Assessment of mutagenicity, and acute and subchronic toxicity in rats . journal of ethnopharmacology, 2011, vol. 133, no. 2, p. 583–590. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.030. [DOI link]
Composition #11: BuAbbas, A., Copeland, E., Clifford, MN., Walker, R., Ioannides, C. Fractionation of green tea extracts: Correlation of antimutagenic effect with flavanol content . journal of the science of food and agriculture, 1997, vol. 75, no. 4, p. 453–462. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199712)75:4<453::AID-JSFA897>3.0.CO;2-3. [DOI link]
Composition #12: BuAbbas, A., Copeland, E., Clifford, MN., Walker, R., Ioannides, C. Fractionation of green tea extracts: Correlation of antimutagenic effect with flavanol content . journal of the science of food and agriculture, 1997, vol. 75, no. 4, p. 453–462. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199712)75:4<453::AID-JSFA897>3.0.CO;2-3. [DOI link]
Composition #13: BuAbbas, A., Copeland, E., Clifford, MN., Walker, R., Ioannides, C. Fractionation of green tea extracts: Correlation of antimutagenic effect with flavanol content . journal of the science of food and agriculture, 1997, vol. 75, no. 4, p. 453–462. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199712)75:4<453::AID-JSFA897>3.0.CO;2-3. [DOI link]
Endpoint study #1: Wu, Kuei-Meng., Yao, Jiaqin., Boring, Daniel. Green Tea Extract-Induced Lethal Toxicity in Fasted but Not in Nonfasted Dogs . international journal of toxicology, 2011, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 19–20. DOI: 10.1177/1091581810387445. [DOI link]