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SynthesisNutrients2025

Relationship Between Depression and Epigallocatechin Gallate from the Perspective of Gut Microbiota: A Systematic Review.

Yangbo Zhang, Changwei Liu, Qi Zhu, Hui Wu, Zhonghua Liu, Li Zeng

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yangbo ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8213-9062
Changwei LiuKey Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.
Qi ZhuSchool of Pharmacy, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.
Hui WuSchool of Pharmacy, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.
Zhonghua LiuKey Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0000-4565
Li ZengSchool of Pharmacy, Shaoyang University, Shaoyang 422000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7365-9998

Funding

Foundation regional joint fund of Hunan Province natural Science 2024JJ7497Horizontal project of Shaoyang University 2024HX118nnovation and transformation of key technologies for efficient preparation of catechin oxidation polymerization products 2022YFE0111200The teaching reform research project of Hunan Province in 2024 202401001313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression, a serious mental illness, is characterized by high risk, high incidence, persistence, and tendency to relapse, posing a significant burden on global health. The connection between depression and gut microbiota is an emerging field of study in psychiatry and neuroscience. Understanding the gut-brain axis is pivotal for understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of depression. Gut microbes influence depression-like behaviors by impacting the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA), monoamine neurotransmitters, immune responses, cell signaling, and metabolic pathways. Tea, widely used in clinical practice to improve neuropsychiatric disorders, contains Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a major ingredient of green tea, which effectively regulates intestinal flora. This review examined the risks and causes of depression, the complications associated with intestinal flora, their role in the development and treatment of depression, and how EGCG may alleviate depression through interactions with gut microbiota and other mechanisms.

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CatechinDepressionGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemPituitary-Adrenal SystemTeaCatechinepigallocatechin gallateTeadepressionEGCGgut–brain axisgut microbes

Identifiers

PMID39861389
PMCPMC11767295

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