Varietal Differences in the Total and Enantiomeric Composition of Theanine in Tea

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-363

  Helen Ekborg Ott, K ^a   Taylor, Andre ^a   Armstrong, Daniel W ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beverage; Column switching; Cyclodextrin column; D amino acid; Racemization; Tea grades

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642271563     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960432m     Document Type: Article

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