Effect of selenium on increasing the antioxidant activity of tea leaves harvested during the early spring tea producing season

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1081-1084

  Xu, Juan ^a,b   Yang, Fangmei ^a   Chen, Licheng ^a   Hu, Yun ^a   Hu, Qiuhui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Changshu College   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Se enriched green tea; Selenium

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; FERTILIZER; LINOLEIC ACID; PEROXIDE; PICRIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; SELENIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXTRACTION; FERTILIZATION; HARVEST PERIOD; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEASUREMENT; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TEA;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FERTILIZERS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SELENIUM;

EID: 0037433158     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020940y     Document Type: Article

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