Tea Time for Fido and Fluffy?Tea Time for Fido and Fluffy?Tea Time for Fido and Fluffy?Tea Time for Fido and Fluffy?footnotesTea Time for Fido and Fluffy?Posted: April 22, 2011, 7 p.m., EDTNarda Robinson, DO, DVM FOOTNOTES1. Bryan J. Psychological effects of dietary components of tea: caffeine and l-theanine. Nutrition Reviews. 2007;66(2):82-90.2. Alcazar A, Ballesteros O, Jurado JM, et al. Differentiation of green, white, black, oolong, and Pu-erh teas according to their free amino acids content. J Agric Food Chem. 2007;55:5960-5965.3. Alcazar A, Ballesteros O, Jurado JM, et al. Differentiation of green, white, black, oolong, and Pu-erh teas according to their free amino acids content. J Agric Food Chem. 2007;55:5960-5965.4. Rogers PJ, Smith JE, Heatherley SV, et al. Time for tea: mood, blood pressure and cognitive performance effects of caffeine and theanine administered alone and together. Psychopharmacology. 2008;195:569-577.5. Young AB and Chu D. Distribution of GABAA and GABAB receptors in mammalian brain: potential targets for drug development. Drug Development Research. 1990;21:161-167.6. Bryan J. Psychological effects of dietary components of tea: caffeine and l-theanine. Nutrition Reviews. 2007;66(2):82-90.7. Heese T, Jenkinson J, Love, C, et al. Anxiolytic effects of l-theanine – a component of green tea – when combined with midazolam, in the male Sprague-Dawley rat. AANA Journal. 2009;77(6):445-449. 8. Ritsner MS, Miodownik C, Ratner Y, et al. L-theanine relieves positive, activation, and anxiety symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: an 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2-center study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2011;72(1):34-42.9. Cross DR, Kellermann G, McKenzie LB, et al. A randomized targeted amino acid therapy with behaviourally at-risk adopted children. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2010; December 20. Epub ahead of print.10. Cross DR, Kellermann G, McKenzie LB, et al. A randomized targeted amino acid therapy with behaviourally at-risk adopted children. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2010; December 20. Epub ahead of print.11. Bryan J. Psychological effects of dietary components of tea: caffeine and l-theanine. Nutrition Reviews. 2007;66(2):82-90br /> 12. Kakuda T, Hinoi E, Abe A, et al. Theanine, an ingredient of green tea, inhibits {3H] glutamine transport in neurons and astroglia in rat brain. J Neuroscience Res. 2008;86:1846-1856.13. Kim NH, Jeong JH, and Kim HM. Theanine is a candidate amino acid for pharmacological stabilization of mast cells. Amino Acids. 2011 Feb 23 [Epub ahead of print].14. Park S-K, Jung I-C, Lee WK, et al. A combination of green tea extract and l-theanine improves memory and attention in subjects with mild cognitive impairment: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. J Medicinal Food. 2011;14(4):1-10.15. Vetriscience ® Laboratories. Composure. Product information. See www.vetriscience.com .16. Bedner M, Sander LC, and Sharpless KE. An LC-ESI/MS method for determining theanine in green tea dietary supplements. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010;397:1773-1777.17. Heese T, Jenkinson J, Love, C, et al. Anxiolytic effects of l-theanine – a component of green tea – when combined with midazolam, in the male Sprague-Dawley rat. AANA Journal. 2009;77(6):445-449.
