Koichi Tsuda

Heat-epimerized tea catechins rich in gallocatechin gallate and catechin gallate are more effective to inhibit cholesterol absorption than tea catechins rich in epigallocatechin gallate and epicatechin gallate.

A. Sugimoto, T. Kakuda, Makoto Kobayashi, 2003, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry.

Tea catechins with a galloyl moiety suppress postprandial hypertriacylglycerolemia by delaying lymphatic transport of dietary fat in rats.

T. Kakuda, Makoto Kobayashi, Yuko Suzuki, 2005, The Journal of nutrition.