Pu-erh tea: A review of a healthful brew  

作　　者：Wei Jia Cynthia Rajani Aiping Lv Tai-Ping Fan Xiaojiao Zheng 

机构地区：[1]The Traditional Chinese Medicine Phenome Research Centre,School of Chinese Medicine,Hong Kong Baptist University,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China [2]University of Hawaii Cancer Center,Honolulu,HI,96813,USA [3]Angiogenesis and Traditional Chinese Medicine Laboratory,Department of Pharmacology,University of Cambridge,Cambridge,CB21PD,United Kingdom [4]Center for Translational Medicine,Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital,Shanghai,200233,China

出　　处：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences》2022年第2期95-99,共5页中医科学杂志（英文）

基　　金：supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (82122012)

摘　　要：Pu-erh tea has been used for thousands of years to treat metabolic diseases.Recognized in Shen Nong's Herbal Classic,a compendium kept by the first traditional Chinese practitioners,it is still highly valued for its hypocholesterolemic and hypolipidemic effects.This review reports the processing and bioactive components of pu-erh tea.Recent human and animal studies of pu-erh tea and its potential therapeutic mechanisms have also been summarized.The interaction of liver and gut microbiome regulates the puerh tea biotransformation and endogenous metabolism,and thus contributes to the health benefits.

关 键 词：Pu-erh tea THEABROWNIN Gut microbiome Hypocholesterolemic effects Hypolipidemic effects 

分 类 号：R247.1[医药卫生—中医临床基础]