A novel black tea pigment and two new oxidation products of epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7571-7578

  Tanaka, Takashi ^a   Matsuo, Yosuke ^a   Kouno, Isao ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black tea; Dehydrotheasinensin AQ; Oxidation; Polyphenol; Quinone dimer

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; PIGMENT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEA;

CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; QUINONES; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 26244449779     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0512656     Document Type: Article

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