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Conclusions From a panel of twenty three plant extracts, some one dozen exhibit high or satisfactory anti-collagenase or anti-elastase activities, with nine having inhibitory activity against both enzymes. These included white tea which was found to have very high phenolic content, along with high TEAC and SOD activities Anti-collagenase, anti-elastase and anti-oxidant activities of extracts from 21 plants. Thring TS, Hili P, Naughton DP. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2009 Aug 4;9(1):27. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19653897 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-9-27

ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2009) - Next time you're making a cuppa, new research shows it might be wise to opt for a white tea if you want to reduce your risk of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or even just age-associated wrinkles. Researchers from Kingston University teamed up with Neal's Yard Remedies to test the health properties of 21 plant and herb extracts. They discovered all of the plants tested had some potential benefits, but were intrigued to find white tea considerably outperformed all of them.