Health, Wellness, and Safety Aspects of the Consumption of Kombucha

Table 3

Bioactivities of Kombucha and mode of studies which have been carried out.

Bioactivities	References
Antihypercholesterolemic effect	In vitro studies on rats [33]
Antioxidant activity against chromate	In vivo studies on rats [47]
Antioxidant activity against lead	In vivo studies on rats [3]
Antistress activity against cold and hypoxia	In vivo studies on rats [46]
Cytogenetic activity	In vitro studies on human peripheral blood lymphocytes [72]
Healing activity against indomethacin-induced acute gastric ulceration	In vivo studies on mice [50]
Hypoglycaemic effect	In vivo studies on mice [6, 73]
Inhibitory activity towards CCl4 induced hepatic injury	In vivo studies on rats [45]
Longevity	In vivo studies on mice [74]
Paracetamol induced hepatotoxicity	In vivo studies on mice [47]
Prevention of weight loss in diabetes	In vivo studies on rats [75]
Protective effect on chromosomal aberrations induced by gamma radiation in human peripheral lymphocytes	In vitro studies on human peripheral lymphocytes [76]