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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

The Neuroprotective Effect of Tea Polyphenols on the Regulation of Intestinal Flora.

Zhicheng Zhang, Yuting Zhang, Junmin Li, Chengxin Fu, Xin Zhang

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhicheng ZhangKey Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Yuting ZhangDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
Junmin LiTaizhou Biomedical Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd., Taizhou 317000, China.
Chengxin FuKey Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Xin ZhangDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5795-9197
Ningbo University · CNZhejiang University · CNTaizhou University · CN

Funding

the Key Research and development program of Zhejiang Province 2018C02023the Research Foundation for the Taizhou Science and Technology Project 1801ny05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tea polyphenols (TPs) are the general compounds of natural polyhydroxyphenols extracted in tea. Although a large number of studies have shown that TPs have obvious neuroprotective and neuro repair effects, they are limited due to the low bioavailability in vivo. However, TPs can act indirectly on the central nervous system by affecting the "microflora-gut-brain axis", in which the microbiota and its composition represent a factor that determines brain health. Bidirectional communication between the intestinal microflora and the brain (microbe-gut-brain axis) occurs through a variety of pathways, including the vagus nerve, immune system, neuroendocrine pathways, and bacteria-derived metabolites. This axis has been shown to influence neurotransmission and behavior, which is usually associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. In this review, we discuss that TPs and their metabolites may provide benefits by restoring the imbalance of intestinal microbiota and that TPs are metabolized by intestinal flora, to provide a new idea for TPs to play a neuroprotective role by regulating intestinal flora.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMicrobiotaNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsPolyphenolsTeaNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsPolyphenolsTeaintestinal floramicrobe-gut-brain axisneuroprotective effecttea polyphenols

Identifiers

PMID34204244
PMCPMC8233780
OpenAlexW3168645654

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