Scientific opinion on the safety of green tea catechins

Scientific opinion on the safety of green tea catechins

Abstract The EFSA ANS Panel was asked to provide a scientific opinion on the safety of green tea catechins from dietary sources including preparations such as food supplements and infusions. Green tea is produced from the leaves of Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, without fermentation, which prevents...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS), Maged Younes, Peter Aggett, Fernando Aguilar, Riccardo Crebelli, Birgit Dusemund, Metka Filipič, Maria Jose Frutos, Pierre Galtier, David Gott, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Claude Lambré, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Inger Therese Lillegaard, Peter Moldeus, Alicja Mortensen, Agneta Oskarsson, Ivan Stankovic, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Rudolf Antonius Woutersen, Raul J Andrade, Cristina Fortes, Pasquale Mosesso, Patrizia Restani, Davide Arcella, Fabiola Pizzo, Camilla Smeraldi, Matthew Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:EFSA Journal
Subjects:
(‐)‐epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate
hepatotoxicity
infusion
food supplement
transaminases
alanine aminotransferase
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5239

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https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5239

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