Health Benefits of L-Theanine L-theanine exhibits a variety of health benefits, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, anticancer, metabolic regulatory, cardiovascular protective, liver, and kidney protective, immune regulatory, as well as urogenital and intestinal protective effects, which are summarized in Supplementary Table 1 and briefly discussed below, with highlights about the potential mechanism of action (Figure 2)
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