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The article offers information on the health benefits of drinking tea. Tea polyphenols such as theaflavins and catechins could be effective in the prevention or treatment of cancers, cardiovascular disease, obesity and inflammation. Most of the studies of tea and cancer prevention have only focused on green tea.

The article focuses on the bioactive compounds in tea, their functions, and their potential health benefits. Among the bioactive compounds found in tea are polyphenolic compounds in green tea, polymeric compounds, thearubigins and theaflavins in black tea, and monomeric polyphenols and molecular weight theaflavins in Oolong tea. Also mentioned are the biological activities of polyphenols, mechanisms of action by tea polyphenols, and identification of bioactive compounds.