Copyright © 2006, European Society of Cardiology
Tea polyphenols in preventing cardiovascular diseases
aDivision of Drug Evaluation and Informatics, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
bDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
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Received 28 September 2006; accepted 6 November 2006
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Epidemiological observations suggesting an inverse correlation between tea consumption and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases have been well established [1–4]. The review by Stangl et al. gives an overview of the effects of polyphenolic compounds in tea on the function of the cardiovascular system, especially