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Abstract Kombucha tea is a lightly fermented tea beverage with little acidity. It is a culture of both yeast and bacteria. It has been consumed as a self prescribed folk remedy for numerous ailments in many countries. Kombucha tea contains vitamins, minerals, many organic acids and enzymes. Moreover, kombucha tea has potent antioxidant and immune modulating properties and reduces the toxic effect of lead ingestion and related damage of DNA. Besides, it promotes mental state, increases resistance to cancer, heart diseases and blood vessels diseases, improves digestion function, reduces blood sugar and many other benefits. In this study, kombucha tea has been prepared from both black tea and green tea. Also, the chemical structure of both black and green tea has been estimated (protein-moisture-ash- total polyphenols - pH value -sucrose- glucose-fructose). Besides, this study handled the oral administration of the two kinds of kombucha tea (kombucha black andgreen tea) on hypercholesterolemic , diabetic and healthy rats and the effect of kombucha tea on the improvement of lipid profile, glucose levels, liver functions, kidney functions and some internal organs weight. |