Evidence-based research on the nutritional and health effects of functional components of tea
10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2025.24259
- VernacularTitle:茶叶主要功能性成分的营养健康作用循证研究
- Author:
Zhijian HE
1
;
Yuping LI
2
;
Fan BU
3
;
Jia CUI
4
;
Xinwen BI
1
;
Yuanjie CUI
1
;
Zhiyuan GUO
1
;
Ming LI
1
Author Information
1. West China School of Public Health/West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University,Chengdu, Sichuan 610041,China
2. Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Second Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041,China
3. Department of Clinical Nutrition, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, China
4. Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Second People’s Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, Sichuan 644000, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
tea;
functional component;
nutritional health effect;
evidence-based research;
meta-analysis
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2025;37(2):190-198
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As a traditional nutritional and healthy cash crop in China, tea has certain significance in promoting human health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases. Studies have shown that the nutritional health effect of tea is due to its rich functional components, mainly including tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, theanine, alkaloids and other bioactive substances. At present, researchers from the academic circles have continuously carried out animal and human experiments on the health effects of various functional components of tea, which has accumulated abundant research data and materials. Based on this, this article reviews the literature on the nutritional and health effects of the main functional components of tea, and adopts the method of evidence-based research to screen and extract relevant data for qualitative and quantitative meta-analysis. Subsequently, the nutritional health effects of the five functional components of tea, namely tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, theanine, and alkaloids, are summarized and outlined. Studies have shown that tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, theanine and alkaloids have different health effects and are expected to play their unique roles in promoting human health and preventing and controlling diseases.
