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selected bibliography last update: February 17, 2011

General reading in English

author title publisher/
publication		 year vol#
Alan/ Iris Macfarlane Green Gold : the Empire of Tea Ebury 2003  
Denis Bonheure Tropical Agriculturalist, The: Tea Macmillan 1990  
Francis Leggett & Co. Tea Leaves The Project Gutenberg Etext 2002  
Ian McDowell, Philip Owuor Taste of tea, The: What's in a cup of tea? New Scientist 1992 1803:30
Jane Pettigrew Social History Of Tea, A National Trust 2002  
Jason Goodwin Gunpowder Gardens, The Chatto & Windus 1990  
John Griffiths Tea — the Drink that Changed the World Andre Deutsch 2007  
Joseph Needham/ Hsing-tsung Huang Science and Civilization of China, V.6, P.V, Fermentations and Food Science Cambridge University Press 2000  
Kakuzo Okakura Book of Tea, The Stone Bridge Classics 2006 edition 1906  
Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J Heiss Story of Tea, The — A Cultural History and Drinking Guide Ten Speed Press 2007  
Morgan Pitelka (ed) Japanese tea culture : art, history, and practice RoutledgeCurzon 2003  
Paul Varley, Kumakura Isao (ed) Tea in Japan : essays on the history of chanoyu University of Hawaii Press 1989  
Robert Fortune Journey to the tea countries of China, A Midmay Books 1987 edition 1852  
Roy Moxham Tea : Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire Carroll & Graf 2004  
The Food and Agriculture Standards Committee, UK Tea — Preparation of liquor for use in sensory tests
BS 6008:1980 / ISO 3103:1980		 British Standard 2002 UDC 663.953.
1:620.192.
65/.67
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Scientific papers in English

author title publisher/
publication		 year vol#
CK Chow, P Rao-Melacini, SS Anand Association of Diet, Exercise, and Smoking Modification With Risk of Early Cardiovascular Events After Acute Coronary Syndromes Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association 2010 121: 750-758
CS Yang, JD Lambert, S Sang Antioxidative and anti-carcinogenic activities of tea polyphenols National Institute of Health, NIH Public Access 2010  
Y Matsui, K Kobayashi, H Masuda et al Quantitative Analysis of Saponins in a Tea-leaf Extract and Their Antihypercholesterolemic Activity Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 2009 73 (7): 1513-1519
E Suzuki, T Yorifuji, S Takao et al Green Tea Consumption and Mortality among Japanese Elderly People: The Prospective Shizuoka Elderly Cohort Annals of Epidemiology 2009 19:732–739
D Komes, D HoržIć, A Belščak et al Determination of Caffeine Content in Tea and Maté Tea by using Different Methods Czech Journal of Food Sciences 2009 27: S213-16
P Baumeister, M Reiter, N Kleinsasser et al Epigallocatechin-3-gallate reduces DNA damage induced by benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide and cigarette smoke condensate in human mucosa tissue cultures European Journal of Cancer Prevention 2009 18, 3: 230-235
DR Zhou, YQ Chen, DJ Ni Effect of water quality on the nutritional components and antioxidant activity of green tea extracts Food Chemistry 2009 113: 110–114
GW Arendash, T Mori, CH Cao et al Caffeine Reverses Cognitive Impairment and Decreases Brain Amyloid-beta Levels in Aged Alzheimer's Disease Mice Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 2009 17(3): 661-80
T Unno, C Osada, Y Motoco et al Dietary Tea Catechins Increase Fecal Energy in Rats Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology 2009 55: 447-451
JH Parks, JY Jin, WK Baek et al Ambivalent role of gallated catechins in glucose tolerance in humans: A novel insight into non-absorbable gallated catechin-derived inhibitors of glucose absorption Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2009 60, 4: 101-109
J Suzuki, M Isobe, R Morishita et al Tea Polyphenols Regulate Key Mediators on Inflammatory Cardiovascular Diseases Mediators of Inflammation 2009 Article ID
494928
J Söhle, A Knott, U Holtzmann et al White Tea extract induces lipolytic activity and inhibits adipogenesis in human subcutaneous (pre)-adipocytes Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:20
DB Panagiotakos, C Lionis, A Zeimbekis et al Long-Term Tea Intake is Associated with Reduced Prevalence of (Type 2) Diabetes Mellitus among Elderly People from Mediterranean Islands: MEDIS Epidemiological Study Yonsei Medical Journal 2009 50(1): 31–38
HT Zhu, CR Yang, Y Li et al Advances on the Research of Microbes during the Post-fermentative Process of Pu-Er Tea Acta Botanica Yunnanica 2008 30 (6): 718~724
D Neves, M Assunção, F Marques et al Does regular consumption of green tea influence expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptor in aged rat erectile tissue? Possible implications for vasculogenic erectile dysfunction progression Age 2008 30: 217–228
AR Cameron, S Anton, L Melville et al Black tea polyphenols mimic insulin/insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling to the longevity factor FOXO1a Aging Cell 2008 7
PV Anandh Babu, D Liu Green Tea Catechins and Cardiovascular Health: An Update Current Medicinal Chemistry 2008 15: 1840-1850
E Malinowska, I Inkielewicz, W Czarnowski et al Assessment of fluoride concentration and daily intake by human from tea and herbal infusions Food and Chemical Toxicology 2008 46: 1055–1061
KY Syu, CL Lin, HC Huang et al Determination of Theanine, GABA, and Other Amino Acids in Green, Oolong, Black, and Pu-erh Teas with Dabsylation and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2008 56: 7637–7643
Y Cheng, T Huynh-Ba, I Blank et al Temporal Changes in Aroma Release of Longjing Tea Infusion: Interaction of Volatile and Nonvolatile Tea Components and Formation of 2-Butyl-2-octenal upon Aging Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2008 56 (6): 2160–2169
G Santana-Rios, GA Orner, MR Xu et al Inhibition by White Tea of 2-Amino-1-Methyl-6-Phenylimidazo[4,5- b]Pyridine-Induced Colonic Aberrant Crypts in the F344 Rat National Institute of Health, NIH Public Access 2008  
M Bose, JD Lambert, J Ju et al The Major Green Tea Polyphenol, (−)-Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate, Inhibits Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Fatty Liver Disease in High-Fat–Fed Mice National Institute of Health, NIH Public Access 2008  
MC Venables, CJ Hulston, HR Cox et al Green tea extract ingestion, fat oxidation, and glucose tolerance in healthy humans The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008 87:778–84
KC Maki, MS Reeves, M Farmer et al Green Tea Catechin Consumption Enhances Exercise-Induced Abdominal Fat Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults The Journal of Nutrition 2008 0022-3166
Taiyokagaku Co., Ltd Sleep Improving Composition European Patent Application EP1743633 2007 EP20050727560
KC Jeng, CS Chen, YP Fang Effect of Microbial Fermentation on Content of Statin, GABA, and Polyphenols in Pu-Erh Tea Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2007 55: 8787–8792
J Wright, F Wulfert, J Hort et al Effect of Preparation Conditions on Release of Selected Volatiles in Tea Headspace Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2007 55: 1445−1453
DJ Yang, LS Hwang, JT Lin Effects of different steeping methods and storage on caffeine, catechins and gallic acid in bag tea infusions Journal of Chromatography 2007 1156: 312–320
CL Lin, HC Huang, JK Lin Theaflavins attenuate hepatic lipid accumulation through activating AMPK in human HepG2 cells Journal of Lipid Research 2007 86:54
M Boschmann, F Thielecke The Effects of Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate on Thermogenesis and Fat Oxidation in Obese Men: A Pilot Study Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2007 26, 4: 389S–395S
Ian T Johnson Phytochemicals and cancer Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2007 66: 207–215
U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods U.S. Department of Agriculture 2007 release 2.1
S Kuriyama, T Shimazu, K Ohmori et al Green Tea Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All Causes in Japan (The Ohsaki Study) Journal of American Medical Association 2006 Vol 296, No. 10: 1255~60
S Kuriyama, A Hozawa, K Ohmori et al Green tea consumption and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study from the Tsurugaya Project The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2006 83:355–61
C Cabrera, R Artacho, R Gime ́nez Beneficial Effects of Green Tea—A Review Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2006 25 (2): 79–99
T Nagao, Y Komine, S Soga et al Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in body fat and malondialdehyde-modified LDL in men The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2005 81:122-9
J. Peterson, J. Dwyer et al Major flavonoids in dry tea Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 2005 18: 487–501
IA Hakim, RB Harris, HHS Chow et al Effect of a 4-Month Tea Intervention on Oxidative DNA Damage among Heavy Smokers: Role of Glutathione S-Transferase Genotypes Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2004 13: 242–249
Food Standards Agency, UK Survey of Caffeine Levels in Hot Beverages Food Standards Agency, UK 2004 53/04
Y Sawai, Y Yamaguchi, J Tanaka Methyl Anthranilate is the Cause of Cultivar-Specific Aroma in the Japanese Tea Cultivar ‘Sofu' Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly 2004 38 (4): 271 – 274
Y Lu, WF Guo, XQ Yang Fluoride content in tea and its relationship with tea quality Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2004 52(14): 4472-6
Eisei Nishitani, Yuko M. Sagesaka Simultaneous determination of catechins, caffeine and other phenolic compounds in tea using new HPLC method Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 2004 17: 675–685
V Crespy, G Williamson A Review of the Health Effects of Green Tea Catechins in In Vivo Animal Models The Journal of Nutrition 2004 134: 3431S–3440S
U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods U.S. Department of Agriculture 2004  
CN Chen, CM Liang, JR Lai et al Capillary Electrophoretic Determination of Theanine, Caffeine, and Catechins in Fresh Tea Leaves and Oolong Tea and Their Effects on Rat Neurosphere Adhesion and Migration Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003 51: 7495−7503
YS Lin, YJ Tsai, JS Tsay et al Factors affecting the levels of tea polyphenols and caffeine in tea leaves Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003 26; 51(7):1864-73
JD Lambert, CS Yang Mechanisms of Cancer Prevention by Tea Constituents The Journal of Nutrition 2003 133: 3262S-3267S
MJS Charrier, GP Savage, L Vanhanen Oxalate content and calcium binding capacity of tea and herbal teas Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002 11(4): 298–301
N Li, X Chen, J Liao et al Inhibition of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced oral carcinogenesis in hamsters by tea and curcumin Carcinogenesis 2002 23 (8): 1307-1313
KJ Mukamal, M Maclure, JE Muller et al Tea Consumption and Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association 2002 105: 2476
YG Zuo, H Chen, YW Deng Simultaneous determination of catechins, caffeine and gallic acids in green, Oolong, black and pu-erh teas using HPLC with a photodiode array detector Talanta 2002 57: 307–316
JA Lai, WC Yang, JY Hsiao An assessment of genetic relationships in cultivated tea clones and native wild tea in Taiwan using RAPD and ISSR markers Botanical Studies 2001 42: 93-100
LK Han, Y Kimura, M Kawashima, et al Anti-obesity effects in rodents of dietary teasaponin, a lipase inhibitor International Journal of Obesity 2001 25: 1459–1464
G Santana-Riosa, GA Ornera, A Amantana Potent antimutagenic activity of white tea in comparison with green tea in the Salmonella assay Mutation Research 2001 495: 61–74
S Trevisanato, YI Kim Tea and Health Nutrition Reviews 2000 58: 1~10
John H Weisburger Antimutagens, anticarcinogens, and effective worldwide cancer prevention Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology 1999 18 (2): 85-93
AG Dulloo, C Duret, D Rohrer et al Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999 70:1040–5
J Cao, XX Bai, Y Zhao et al The Relationship of Fluorosis and Brick Tea Drinking in Chinese Tibetans Environmental Health Perspectives 1996 104, 12
N Togari, A Kobayashi, T Aishima Pattern recognition applied to gas chromatographic profiles of volatile components in three tea categories Food Research International 1995 28 (5): 495-502
A Hossain, M Furuichi, Y Yone POV, TBA, 3 HUFA and Nutritive Value of Scrap Meal Fermented with Aspergillus glaucus Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 1988 54(8): 1391-1394
BO Eggum, B Pedersen, I Jacobsen The influence of dietary tea, coffee and cocoa on protein and energy utilization of soya-bean meal and barley in rats British Journal of Nutrition 1983 50: 197-205
Muneyuki Nakagawa Chemical Components and Taste of Green Tea Tea Technology Division, National Research Institute of Tea, Japan 1975  

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