RT Journal Article
T1 Green Tea and Its Relation to Human Gut Microbiome
A1 Pérez-Burillo, Sergio
A1 Navajas-Porras, Beatriz
A1 López-Maldonado, Alicia
A1 Hinojosa-Nogueira, Daniel
A1 Pastoriza, Silvia
A1 Rufián-Henares, José Ángel
K1 Green tea
K1 Gut microbiota
K1 Catechin
K1 Polyphenols
K1 Health
K1 Té
K1 Microbioma gastrointestinal
K1 Catequina
K1 Polifenoles
K1 Salud
AB Green tea can influence the gut microbiota by either stimulating the growth of specific species or by hindering the development of detrimental ones. At the same time, gut bacteria can metabolize green tea compounds and produce smaller bioactive molecules. Accordingly, green tea benefits could be due to beneficial bacteria or to microbial bioactive metabolites. Therefore, the gut microbiota is likely to act as middle man for, at least, some of the green tea benefits on health. Many health promoting effects of green tea seems to be related to the inter-relation between green tea and gut microbiota. Green tea has proven to be able to correct the microbial dysbiosis that appears during several conditions such as obesity or cancer. On the other hand, tea compounds influence the growth of bacterial species involved in inflammatory processes such as the release of LPS or the modulation of IL production; thus, influencing the development of different chronic diseases. There are many studies trying to link either green tea or green tea phenolic compounds to health benefits via gut microbiota. In this review, we tried to summarize the most recent research in the area.
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021-06-26
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4204
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4204
LA en
NO Pérez-Burillo S, Navajas-Porras B, López-Maldonado A, Hinojosa-Nogueira D, Pastoriza S, Rufián-Henares JÁ. Green Tea and Its Relation to Human Gut Microbiome. Molecules. 2021 Jun 26;26(13):3907
DS RISalud
RD Apr 18, 2025