Green Tea Polyphenols

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants and free radical scavengers. They are strong scavengers of superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxy radicals, and Nitric Oxide (NO) produced by various chemicals. Flavonoids are polyphenolic compounds that include the subclasses of flavanones, flavones, isoflavones, flavanols (flavans), flavonols and anthocyanins. Green tea contains several groups of polyphenols that include flavonols (quercetin, kaempferol, and rutin, phenolic acids, theanine, flavor compounds, and l