Theacrine From Camellia kucha and Its Health Beneficial Effects

Frontiers in Nutrition

Zhou-Tao Fang¹  Jian-Hui Ye¹  Yue-Rong Liang¹  Jing Xiang¹  Qing-Sheng Li¹  Yue-Yue Sheng¹  Da Li¹  Jian-Liang Lu¹  Xin-Qiang Zheng¹  Ze-Shi Wang¹  Ying-Qi Wang¹  Jing Jin² 

[1] Tea Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Zhejiang Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Hangzhou, China;

关键词: Camellia sinensis;    antioxidant;    anti-inflammation;    locomotor;    cognition;    lipid metabolism;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnut.2020.596823

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Theacrine, i.e., 1,3,7,9-tetramethyluric acid, is one of the major purine alkaloids found in leaf of a wild tea plant species Camellia kucha Hung T. Chang. Theacrine has been attracted great attentions academically owing to its diverse health benefits. Present review examines the advances in the research on the health beneficial effects of theacrine, including antioxidant effect, anti-inflammatory effect, locomotor activation and reducing fatigue effects, improving cognitive effect, hypnotic effect, ameliorating lipid metabolism and inhibiting breast cancer cell metastasis effect. The inconsistent results in this research field and further expectations were also discussed.

【 授权许可】

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