Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?

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Autor(a) principal: Assunção, Ricardo
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Twarużek, M, Kosicki, R., Viegas, C., Viegas, S.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/8044
Resumo: (This article belongs to the Special Issue Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins)
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spelling Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?Green TeaMycotoxinsPolyphenolsEGCGRisk–benefit AssessmentSegurança AlimentarComposição dos AlimentosToxicologia dos AlimentosAvaliação do RiscoPortugal(This article belongs to the Special Issue Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins)Tea has been consumed for thousands of years. Despite the different varieties, particular emphasis has been placed on green tea (GT), considering the associated health benefits following its regular consumption, some of which are due to its polyphenol constituents, such as epigallocatechin- 3-gallate (EGCG). Tea is not prone to the growth of microorganisms, except fungus, when proper storage, handling, and packing conditions are compromised. Consequently, mycotoxins, secondary metabolites of fungi, could contaminate tea samples, affecting human health. In the present study, we aimed to assess the balance between risks (due to mycotoxins and high levels of EGCG) and benefits (due to moderate intake of EGCG) associated with the consumption of GT. For this, 20 GT samples (10 in bulk and 10 in bags) available in different markets in Lisbon were analyzed through a LC–MS/MS method, evaluating 38 different mycotoxins. Six samples revealed detectable values of the considered toxins. Current levels of mycotoxins and EGCG intake were not associated with health concerns. Scenarios considering an increasing consumption of GT in Portugal showed that drinking up to seven cups of GT per day should maximize the associated health benefits. The present study contributes to the future establishment of GT consumption recommendations in Portugal.Key Contribution: Risks and benefits associated with the consumption of green tea were assessed in the present study. The obtained results showed that increasing green tea consumption up to seven cups/day should maximize the associated benefits, despite the risks associated with mycotoxins.This research was supported by Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal for funding the Project “Resistant mycobiota and mycotoxigenic profile of tea and medicinal plants” (IPL/2020/TEAResMyc_ESTeSL) and to Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education, under the program “Regional Initiative of Excellence” in 2019–2022 (Grant No. 008/RID/2018/19). R.A. was supported by FCT Individual CEEC 2018 Assistant Researcher Grant CEECIND/01570/2018.MDPIRepositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de SaúdeAssunção, RicardoTwarużek, MKosicki, R.Viegas, C.Viegas, S.2022-07-03T14:55:50Z2021-02-052021-02-05T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/8044engToxins (Basel). 2021 Feb 5;13(2):119. doi: 10.3390/toxins130201192072-665110.3390/toxins13020119info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-20T15:42:24Zoai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/8044Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:42:47.887805Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
title Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
spellingShingle Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
Assunção, Ricardo
Green Tea
Mycotoxins
Polyphenols
EGCG
Risk–benefit Assessment
Segurança Alimentar
Composição dos Alimentos
Toxicologia dos Alimentos
Avaliação do Risco
Portugal
title_short Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
title_full Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
title_fullStr Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
title_full_unstemmed Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
title_sort Drinking Green Tea: Despite the Risks Due to Mycotoxins, Is It Possible to Increase the Associated Health Benefits?
author Assunção, Ricardo
author_facet Assunção, Ricardo
Twarużek, M
Kosicki, R.
Viegas, C.
Viegas, S.
author_role author
author2 Twarużek, M
Kosicki, R.
Viegas, C.
Viegas, S.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Assunção, Ricardo
Twarużek, M
Kosicki, R.
Viegas, C.
Viegas, S.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Green Tea
Mycotoxins
Polyphenols
EGCG
Risk–benefit Assessment
Segurança Alimentar
Composição dos Alimentos
Toxicologia dos Alimentos
Avaliação do Risco
Portugal
topic Green Tea
Mycotoxins
Polyphenols
EGCG
Risk–benefit Assessment
Segurança Alimentar
Composição dos Alimentos
Toxicologia dos Alimentos
Avaliação do Risco
Portugal
description (This article belongs to the Special Issue Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Mycotoxins)
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2021-02-05T00:00:00Z
2022-07-03T14:55:50Z
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