Determination of Caffeine in Tea Products by an Improved High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3973-3975

  Pura Naik, J ^a   Nagalakshmi, S ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Decaffeinated tea; HPLC; Instant tea; Sep Pak C18

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0642271696     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970147i     Document Type: Article

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