Manfaat Teh Putih Komposisi Kimia Teh Putih

2.10.1 Manfaat Teh Putih

Beberapa manfaat teh putih, yaitu sebagai proteksi terhadap penyakit kardiovaskular, kanker, diabetes melitus, obesitas, sistem saraf pusat, dan penyakit infeksi. Proteksi terhadap penyakit kardiovaskular didapat dari sifat teh putih sebagai antitrombogenik, aktivitas hipotensif, anti inflamasi, aktivitas hipokolesterolemia, aktivitas lipolitik, dan anti angiogenik Dias et al., 2013. Tabel 2.5 Efek Protektif Potensial dari Teh Putih Dias et al., 2013 Cardiovascular diseases Cancer Diabetes mellitus Obesity CNS Microorganism induced diseases Anti- thrombogenic activity Dias et al., 2013 Anti- mutagenic activity Battacharya U et al., 2011 Anti-diabetic activity Albofathi AA et al., 2012 Stimulation of hepatic lipid metabolism Murase T et al., 2002 Anti-stress activity Kimura K et al., 2007 Anti-microbial activity Wang X et al., 2010 Hypotensive activity Green DJ et al., 2011 Anti- carcinogenic activity Carvalho M et al., 2010 Hypoglycemic activity Mackenzie T et al., 2007 Inhibition of lipase Chantre P et al., 2002 Stimulant activity Liu K et al., 2011 Anti-fungal activity Hirasawa et al., 2004 Anti- inflammatory activity Stang V et al., 2006 Anti- inflammatory activity Deka A et al., 2011 Insulin resistance reduction Islam M, 2011 Thermogenic activity Dullo A et al., 2000 Anti- depressant activity Zhu WL et al., 2011 Anti-viral activity Weber JM et al., 2003 Antioxidant activity Cheng To et al., 2000 DNA damage reduction Sharangi A, 2009 Antioxidant activity Song EK et al., 2003 Modulation of appetite Liao S, 2001 Antioxidant activity Lopez V et al., 2011 Antioxidant activity Han MK, 2003 Hypocholesterolemic activity Maron DJ et al., 2003 Anti- angiogenic activity Sharangi A, 2009 Lipolytic and antiadipogenic activity Sohle J et al., 2009 Hypolipidemic activity Huang et al., 2012

2.10.2 Komposisi Kimia Teh Putih

Komposisi utama yang terkandung di dalam teh putih meliputi, protein, polisakarida, polifenol, mineral, trace element, asam amino organik, lignan, dan metilxantin, yaitu kafein, teofilin, dan teobromin Seeram et al., 2006; Moderno et al., 2009. Polifenol pada teh putih yang merupakan derivat utama dari katekin ialah epicatechin EC, epigallocatechin EGC, epicatechin-3-gallate ECG, dan epigallocatechin-3-gallate EGCG.

2.11 Teh Putih terhadap Dislipidemia