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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2024

From a Cup of Tea to Cardiovascular Care: Vascular Mechanisms of Action.

Marios Sagris, Panayotis K Vlachakis, Spyridon Simantiris, Panagiotis Theofilis, Maria Gerogianni, Paschalis Karakasis, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Dimitris Tousoulis

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Marios SagrisHippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3473-1368
Panayotis K VlachakisHippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0736-4942
Spyridon SimantirisHippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8405-6244
Panagiotis TheofilisHippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9260-6306
Maria GerogianniEndocrine Unit, 2nd Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Research Institute and Diabetes Center, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12641 Athens, Greece.
Paschalis KarakasisSecond Department of Cardiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital Hippokration, 54942 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3561-5713
Konstantinos TsioufisHippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Dimitris TousoulisHippokration General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tea consumption is increasingly recognized for its potential benefits to cardiovascular health. This study reviews the available research, concentrating on the major components of tea and their mechanisms of action in the cardiovascular system. Tea is abundant in bioactive compounds, such as flavonoids and polysaccharides, which possess significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. These compounds play a crucial role in mitigating oxidative stress and inflammation, thereby supporting cardiovascular health. They enhance endothelial function, leading to improved vascular relaxation and reduced arterial stiffness, and exhibit antithrombotic effects. Additionally, regular tea consumption is potentially associated with better regulation of blood pressure, improved cholesterol profiles, and effective blood sugar control. It has been suggested that incorporating tea into daily dietary habits could be a practical strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention and management. Despite the promising evidence, more rigorous clinical trials are needed to establish standardized consumption recommendations and fully understand long-term effects. This review offers a more comprehensive analysis of the current evidence based on endothelium function and identifies the gaps that future research should address.

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blood pressureblood sugarcardiovascular healthlipid profilepolyphenolsteavascular

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PMID39337950
PMCPMC11433009

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