DOI: 10.36347/sajp.2020.v09i02.005

Pages: 82-85

This present review on antioxidant property of selenium infused tea focused on various assay techniques to demonstrate its high antioxidant efficacy compared to normal tea and its benefits in relation to various medical conditions. From the different assay techniques, it is found that tea rich in selenium has a higher antioxidant property than regular tea. This is mainly due to the ability of selenium to act as antioxidant and anti-free radical. In addition to this selenium infused tea also exhibits various antioxidant mechanisms such as glutathione peroxidase like activity, in oxidative stress, cancer prevention, etc. Since selenium is an important component of glutathione peroxidase, it can eradicate various stress reactions as well as the formation of free radicals by its radical scavenging properties. Because of this property of selenium, selenium-infused tea is more effective in various types of cancer compared to normal green tea.