Kombucha healthy drink—recent advances in production, chemical composition and health benefits

H Kitwetcharoen, LT Phung, P Klanrit, S Thanonkeo… - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Kombucha, one of the ordinary fermented beverages consumed worldwide, is produced by
fermenting tea and sugar with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts or so-called …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical composition of kombucha

P Bishop, ER Pitts, D Budner, KA Thompson-Witrick - Beverages, 2022 - mdpi.com
Kombucha is a fermented sweetened tea with a mixed fermenting culture of yeast and acetic
acid bacteria. While the history of kombucha is not completely clear, it is now available …

Potential neuroprotective properties of epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)

NA Singh, AKA Mandal, ZA Khan - Nutrition journal, 2015 - Springer
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease
(PD) enforce an overwhelming social and economic burden on society. They are primarily …

Natural products as photoprotection

N Saewan, A Jimtaisong - Journal of cosmetic dermatology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The rise in solar ultraviolet radiation on the earth's surface has led to a depletion of
stratospheric ozone over recent decades, thus accelerating the need to protect human skin …

Role of dietary polyphenols in the management of peptic ulcer

MH Farzaei, M Abdollahi… - World journal of …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Peptic ulcer disease is a multifactorial and complex disease involving gastric and duodenal
ulcers. Despite medical advances, the management of peptic ulcer and its complications …

Effect of Kombucha, a fermented black tea in attenuating oxidative stress mediated tissue damage in alloxan induced diabetic rats

S Bhattacharya, R Gachhui, PC Sil - Food and chemical toxicology, 2013 - Elsevier
Diabetic complications associated with increased oxidative stress can be suppressed by
antioxidants. In the present study we investigated the antidiabetic and antioxidant effects of …

Green tea polyphenols and sulfasalazine have parallel anti-inflammatory properties in colitis models

HS Oz, T Chen, WJS de Villiers - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Background: There is no cure for autoimmune chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
IBD patients commonly use complementary and alternative medications of which the safety …

Natural phytochemicals as novel therapeutic strategies to prevent and treat Parkinson's disease: current knowledge and future perspectives

R Balakrishnan, S Azam, DY Cho… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second‐most common neurodegenerative chronic disease
affecting both cognitive performance and motor functions in aged people. Yet despite the …

The role of dietary polyphenols in the management of inflammatory bowel disease

MH Farzaei, R Rahimi… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic chronic, relapsing inflammation of the
bowel which is caused by dysregulation of the mucosal immune system. Polyphenols as the …

Kombucha: a promising functional beverage prepared from tea

S Chakravorty, S Bhattacharya, D Bhattacharya… - Non-alcoholic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Kombucha tea is a refreshing beverage, obtained by fermenting sugared black tea, made
from Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze leaves, with a consortium of yeast and predominantly …