Genetic diversity of UPASI tea clones (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) on the basis of total catechins and their fractions

Phytochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 561-565

  Saravanan, M ^a   John, K M Maria ^a   Raj Kumar, R ^a   Pius, P K ^a,b   Sasikumar, R ^a  

^a UPASI Tea Research Foundation   (India)

^b Food Research and Analysis Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Total catechins and catechin fractions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATECHIN; POLYPHENOL;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CLONE; CULTIVAR; DIFFERENTIATION; DIHYDROXYLATION; DROUGHT; FRACTIONATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIQUID CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 13844253981     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.06.024     Document Type: Article

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