Green tea for chemotherapy

Results of the research during the last 20 year showed that the compound polifenol that was met in tea could reduce the risk of cancer and the coronary heart disease.
The extract of water of the tea leaves (Camellia sinensis), was consumed by humankind since a long time ago.
Tea contained many compounds, including the mixture of various compounds polifenol that was believed in had the potential to increase the health and prevent various illnesses.

After water, tea was the drink that often was consumed by humankind in the number approximately 120 ml per capita per the day.
There were two forms of the product of the tea leaves that was ready to be consumed, namely black tea and green tea.
Black tea was often consumed (80 percent) whereas green tea revolved 20 percent then.
Black tea is usually consumed in west countries and in several Asian countries, whereas green tea was especially consumed in China, Japan, India and several countries in African Utara and the Middle East.
Black tea was processed by means of that was different from green tea, so as the content of his chemistry was also different.

The processing difference
the Processing of green tea was begun with picking of the green tea leaves and as quickly as possible was heated with vapour to deactivate the enzyme.
Therefore the process of fermentation (fermentation) could be prevented,drying afterwards .
Green tea contained epikatekin as the component polifenol main, that had the aroma and the characteristics of green tea.
Whereas black tea his processing was begun by allowing the fresh tea leaves that were reaped to become withered, until reached the level of water around 55 percent compared with the level of water in the luxuriant leaves, so as to happen pemekatan from polifenol in the tea leaves.
The leaves that has withered afterwards was rolled and crushed, to begin the process of fermentation from compounds polifenol.
This process will enable the occurrence of the reaction of oxidation from polifenol in an enzimatik manner by the enzyme polifenoloksidase.
For the process of fermentation, katekin was changed to theaflavin and thearubigin.
The chemical composition from green tea was the same as the fresh tea leaves.
Green tea contained compounds polifenol that consist of flavonol, flavandiol, flavonoida and acids fenolat that was estimated by 30 percent of heavy dry the green tea leaves.
Generally the compound polifenol in green tea was the group flavonol that was known as katekin that consist of epikatekin, epikatekin-3-gallat, epigallokatekin and epigallokatekin-3-gallat (EGKG).
In black tea, polifenol main was theaflavin and theatrubigin.

In a superior manner Polifenol green tea green tea far more played a role in preventing the occurrence of cancer being compared polifenol black tea.
Was based on the research that was carried out to the trial animal polifenol tea especially prevented the occurrence of cancer that was caused by chemicals (the carcinogen) and skin cancer because of ultraviolet rays radiation.
Cancer could be because of chemicals prevented with consumed the.
This cancer covered lung cancer, the side,the intestines of twelve fingers, the pancreas, the heart, breasts, the large intestine and skin.
The relevance of information produced by the trial in this animal towards the health of humankind, could be confirmed through epidemiological observation, especially to the tall inhabitants the risk of his cancer.
Generally the protective characteristics of green tea towards cancer was played by polifenol main in green tea, namely EGKG. Di America, the green tea extract there are those that was put into various products like shampoo, cream, the drink, cosmetics, the ice-cream et cetera that was available in the wholesaler and pharmacies.
Consumption of green tea could also prevent the occurrence of cancer through the increase in the effect hindered the tumour from doxorubicin to the trial animal.
Giving of green tea will increase the concentration doxorubicin only in the network of the tumour, but not in the normal network.
Polifenol green tea generally also increases the activity of enzymes that played a role in the process detoksifikasi, like glutation-S-transferase (GST), that had a function of deactivating the carcinogen and spending from the body.
If this fact could be proven to humankind, then green tea had the prospect that was good as cancer chemotherapy.