Effect of microbial fermentation on caffeine content of tea leaves

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 7238-7242

  Wang, Xiaogang ^a,b   Hu, Shuxia ^b   Wan, Xiaochun ^b   Pan, Caiyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black tea; Caffeine; Green tea; Microbial fermentation; Pile fermentation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEA;

CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; PLANT LEAVES;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 25444533579     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050495h     Document Type: Article

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