The chemistry of tea flavonoids

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 693-704

  Balentine, Douglas A ^a   Wiseman, Sheila A ^b   Bouwens, Liesbeth C M ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LIPTON ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; TEA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; TEA; XANTHINES;

EID: 0031307052     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408399709527797     Document Type: Article

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