How can green tea polyphenols affect drug metabolism and should we be concerned?

Rolf Teschke; Tran Dang Xuan

doi:10.1080/17425255.2019.1697228

How can green tea polyphenols affect drug metabolism and should we be concerned?

Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2019 Dec;15(12):989-991. doi: 10.1080/17425255.2019.1697228. Epub 2019 Nov 27.

Authors

Rolf Teschke¹, Tran Dang Xuan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau, Teaching Hospital of the Medical Faculty of the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
² Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

PMID: 31774338
DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2019.1697228

No abstract available

Keywords: Camellia sinensis; Cardiovascular disease (CVD) drugs; cancer chemotherapeutics; drug metabolism; green tea; green tea polyphenols; polyphenol metabolism; polyphenol-drug interactions.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Herb-Drug Interactions*
Humans
Pharmaceutical Preparations / metabolism
Polyphenols / isolation & purification
Polyphenols / pharmacology*
Tea / chemistry*

Substances

Pharmaceutical Preparations
Polyphenols
Tea