The TRUTH about green tea
Channel: Tony Corin
Date: 28/09/2019

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The 'Endnotes'

Adhikary, R., and Mandal, V., (2017) ‘l-theanine: A potential multifaceted natural bioactive amide as health supplement’ Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 7 (9) pp. 842-848 ELSEVIER [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.08.005 Accessed: 27/09/2019

Desai, M.J., and Armstrong, D.W (2003) ‘Analysis of derivatized and underivatized theanine enantiomers by high-performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry’ Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry 2004 (18) pp.251–256 Wiley Online Library [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1319  Accessed: 27/09/2019

Desai, M.J., Gill M.S., Hsu, W.H., and Armstrong, D.W. (2005) Chirality 17 (3) pp. 152-162 Wiley Online Library [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.20144 Accessed: 27/09/2019
eco-cha.com (2019) ‘How is Oolong Tea Made? (2019)’ eco-cha.com [Online] Available at: https://eco-cha.com/blogs/news/how-oolong-tea-is-made Accessed: 25/09/2019

Kakuda, T., (2002) ‘Neuroprotective Effects of the Green Tea Components Theanine and Catechins’ Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 25 (12) pp.1513-1518 J-STAGE [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.25.1513 Accessed: 13/09/2019

Liang, Y., Liu, C., Xiang, L., and Zheng, X. (2015) ‘Health Benefits of Theanine in Green Tea: A Review’ Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research October 2015 14 (10) pp. 1943-1949 African Journals Online [Online] Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v14i10.29 Accessed: 27/09/2019

Mancini, E., Beglinger, C., Drewe, J., Zanchi, D., Lang, U.E., and Borgwardt S. (2017) ‘Green tea effects on cognition, mood and human brain function: A systematic review’ Phytomedicine 34 (2017) pp. 26-37 [Online] Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2017.07.008 Accessed: 28/09/2019

Nagle, D.G., Ferreira, D., Zhou, Y., (2006) ‘Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): Chemical and biomedical perspectives’ Phytochemistry 67 (17) 2006, pp. 1849-1855 ELSEVIER [Online] Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2006.06.020 Accessed: 27/09/2019

Scholey, A., Downey, L.A., Ciorciari, J., Pipingas, A., Nolidin, K., Finn, M., Wines, M., Catchlove, S., Terrens, A., Barlow, E., Gordon, L., and Stough, C. (2012) ‘Acute neurocognitive effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)’ Appetite 58 (2012) pp. 767-770 ELSEVIER [Online] Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2011.11.016 Accessed: 27/09/2019

Yoneda, Y., Kuramoto, N. and Kawada, K. (2019) ‘The role of glutamine in neurogenesis promoted by the green tea amino acid theanine in neural progenitor cells for brain health’ Neurochemistry International 129 (October 2019, 104505) ELSEVIER [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2019.104505 Accessed: 27/09/2019

INDIRECT REFERENCES
“Theanine enters your brain in a matter of seconds.”

Berman, B., (2014) ‘Our Bodies' Velocities, By the Numbers’ Discover Magazine2014 (July/August) [Online] Available at http://discovermagazine.com/2014/julyaug/18-body-of-work Accessed: 28/09/2019

L-Theanine also can act as shield against the effects of caffeine

Adhikary, R., and Mandal, V., (2017) ‘l-theanine: A potential multifaceted natural bioactive amide as health supplement’ Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 7 (9) pp. 842-848 ELSEVIER [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2017.08.005 Accessed: 27/09/2019

Theanine reduces heart rate

Kimura, K., Ozeki, M., Juneja, LR. and Ohira, H. (2006) ‘L-Theanine reduces psychological and physiological stress responses’ Biological Psychology 74 (1) pp.39-45 ELSEVIER [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.06.006 Accessed: 13/09/2019

Theanine gets processed through the stomach and small intestine into your bloodstream. 

Kakuda, T., (2002) ‘Neuroprotective Effects of the Green Tea Components Theanine and Catechins’ Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 25 (12) pp.1513-1518 J-STAGE [Online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.25.1513 Accessed: 24/09/2019

“Scientists have been studying the effects of green tea for the last few decades and have isolated a couple of promising chemicals: theanine and EGCG (or epigallocatechin gallate). “

Wang, Z.Y., Huang, M., Lou, Y., Xie, J., Reuhl, K.R., Newmark, H.L., Ho, C., Yang, C.S. and Conney, A.H. (1994) ‘Inhibitory Effects of Black Tea, Green Tea, Decaffeinated Black Tea, and Decaffeinated Green Tea on Ultraviolet B Light-induced Skin Carcinogenesis in 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-initiated SKH-1 Mice’ Cancer Research 54 (13) pp.3428-3435 Cancer Research [Online] Available at: https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/54/13/3428.article-info Accessed: 24/09/2019