Antidiscoloring Activity of Green Tea Polyphenols on β-Carotene

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2009-2012

  Unten, Laura ^a   Koketsu, Mamoru ^a,b   Kim, Mujo ^a  

^a TAIYO KAGAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidiscoloring activity; Catechins; Green tea; carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000245667     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9607526     Document Type: Article

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