[Progress in research for pharmacological effects of Pu-erh tea].
- 2017-06-01
- Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica 42(11)
- Xiao-Pan Gu
- Bo Pan
- Zhen Wu
- Yun-Fang Zhao
- Peng-Fei Tu
- Jiao Zheng
- PubMed: 28822144
- DOI: 10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.2017.0088
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Pu-erh tea has gradually aroused general concern with social development and people's enhanced awareness of health. Pu-erh tea is rich in multiple active constitute such as flavonoids, catechins, phenolic acids, flavanols polymer, purine alkaloids, and hydrolysable tannin as a microbial-fermented tea.It is reported that Pu-erh tea have a variety of pharmacologically activities, such as anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-diabetic, anti-oxidative, anti-tumor, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-viral effects. In this paper, the main pharmacological effects of Pu-erh tea are reviewed. We wish this work will provide some references and clues for further research of Pu-erh tea.