- Title
- L-theanine as a functional food additive: its role in disease prevention and health promotion
- Creator
- Williams, Jackson; Kellett, Jane; Roach, Paul Daniel; McKune, Andrew; Mellor, Duane; Thomas, Jackson; Naumovski, Nenad
- Relation
- Beverages Vol. 2, Issue 2
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/beverages2020013
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Tea has been consumed for thousands of years and is an integral part of people’s daily routine, as an everyday drink and a therapeutic aid for health promotion. Consumption of tea has been linked to a sense of relaxation commonly associated with the content of the non-proteinogenic amino acid theanine, which is found within the tea leaves. The aim of this review article is to outline the current methods for synthesis, extraction and purification of theanine, as well as to examine its potential benefits related to human health. These include improvements in cognitive and immune function, cancer prevention, reduced cardiovascular risk and its potential usefulness as a functional food product.
- Subject
- theanine; green tea; alpha wave production; relaxation; functional food; bioactives
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1346179
- Identifier
- uon:29801
- Identifier
- ISSN:2306-5710
- Rights
- © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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