Soil moisture stress-induced alterations in bioconstituents determining tea quality

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1187-1191

  Jeyaramraja, P R ^a   Pius, P K ^a   Raj Kumar, R ^a   Jayakumar, D ^a  

^a UPASI Tea Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Epicatechin; Epicatechin gallate; Epigallocatechin; Epigallocatechin gallate; Gallic acid; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FOOD SCIENCE; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0141561537     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1440     Document Type: Article

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