Chemiluminescence determination of free radical scavenging abilities of 'tea pigments' and comparison with 'tea polyphenols'

Food Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Yaping, Zhao ^a   Wenli, Yu ^a   Dapu, Wang ^a   Xiaofeng, Liang ^b   Tianxi, Hu ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiaoda only Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

'Tea pigments'; Antioxidant; Chemiluminescence; Hydroxyl radical; Superoxide radical anion

Indexed keywords

FERROUS GLUCONATE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PIGMENT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYROGALLOL; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOOXIDATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); KINETICS; TEA;

EID: 0037210686     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00241-8     Document Type: Article

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