Protective effects of tea on human health.

* Preface Part I: General Protective Effects of Tea * Tea is a Health Promoting Beverage in Lowering the Risk of Premature Killing Chronic Diseases, J Weisburger * Tea as a Rasayana, B N Dhawan, Lucknow, India * Health Properties of Tea Catechins, Y Hara, Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd, Japan * Bioavailabilities of Tea Polyphenols in Humans and Rodents, J D Lambert, J Hong, H Lu, X Meng, M Lee and C S Yang, The State University of New Jersey, USA * Immunomodulatory Activity of Tea, J Singh and G N Qazi, CSIR, India * Antigenotoxic Activity of Tea, Y Shukla and A Arora, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India * Methodological Issues in Population Studies of Tea and Disease Prevention, I A Hakim, University of Arizona, USA Part II: Protective Effects of Tea against Specific Ailments * Protective Effects of Tea against Cardiovascular Diseases, S Wiseman, I Zijp, R Weggemans, and A Rietveld, Unilever Food and Health Research Institute, The Netherlands * Potential Targets of Tea Polyphenols in Cancer Prevention: Significance in Angiogenesis, Metastasis and Apoptosis as well as in Protection of Host Defence System, T Das, G Sa, Bose Institute, India, and M Siddiqi * The Beverage Tea in Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer, M Saleem, I A Siddiqui and H Mukhtar, University of Wisconsin, USA * Anti-Diabetic Effects of Tea and its Constituents, Y K Gupta, C Tripathi and Y Shukla, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India * Green Tea Catechins against Oxidative Stress of Renal Disease, T P Rao, L R Juneja, Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd, Japan, and T Yokozawa, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan * Hepatoprotective Properties of Tea, Y Shukla, N Kalra and Y K Gupta, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India * Preventive Effects of Tea against Obesity, K Sayama, Shizuoka University, Japan, T Hase, and I Tokimitsu, Kao Corporation, Japan, and I Oguni, Hamamatsu University, Japan * Protective Effects of Tea against Lung/Pulmonary Ailments, H Yamada, University of Shizuoka * Antibacterial and Antiviral Influenza including SARS, P C Leung, Chinese University of Hong Kong * Green Tea and the Prevention of Arthritis, S Ahmed, B B Hafeez and T M Haqqi, Case Western Reserve University, USA * Chemoprevention Effect of Tea against Neuronal Death-Dementia, T Kakadu, Itoen Ltd, Japan * Chemoprevention Action of Tea against Senescence/Ageing, K Unno, University of Shizuoka, Japan * Tea and Oral Health, C D Wu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.