Flavanols from the Camellia sinensis var. assamica and their hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic activities

• Main Authors: Xin Wang (Author), Quan Liu (Author), Hongbo Zhu (Author), Hongqing Wang (Author), Jie Kang (Author), Zhufang Shen (Author), Ruoyun Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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α-Glucosidase and lipase inhibitors play important roles in the treatment of hyperglycaemia and dyslipidemia.To identify novel naturally occurring inhibitors, a bioactivity-guided phytochemical research was performed on the pu-erh tea. One new flavanol, named (-)-epicatechin-3-O-(Z)-coumarate (1), a...