Rooibos herbal tea

McKay DL, Blumberg JB. 2007. A review of the bioactivity of South African herbal teas Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia). Phy-totherap Res 21 1-16. 

Figure 1 Effect of fermented and green rooibos (Rf Rg) and honeybush (Hf Hg) on the hepatic redox status (reduced to oxidized glutathione ratio) of rats consuming the various herbal teas for 10 weeks. The control group consumed water (Data are from reference 50)...

All packaged finished herbal teas exhibited low values of moisture (<10%), while Lippia was higher at moisture contents ranging from 11 to 12% (Table I). Rooibos and Honeybush were characterized by low levels of fine particles (less than 0.3%), while all the other herbal teas contained higher values (>1%), and the Kinkeliba teas processed during 2005 and 2006 with the highest levels (8%). 

Each of the African herbal teas including Honeybush, Kinkeliba, Lemongrass, Lippia and Rooibos were found to be caffeine free. Analysis by... 

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