Assessment of the polyphenolic composition of the organic extracts of Mauritian black teas: A potential contributor to their antioxidant functions

BioFactors

Volumn 27, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 79-91

  Luximon Ramma, Amitabye ^a   Neergheen, Vidushi S ^a   Bahorun, Theeshan ^a   Crozier, Alan ^b   Zbarsky, Virginia ^c   Datla, Krishna P ^c   Dexter, David T ^c   Aruoma, Okezie I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black teas; Cancer; Catechins; Coronary heart disease and stroke; Dietary antioxidants; Flavonoids; Organic tea extracts; Proanthocyanidins; Total phenols

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOL; GALLIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL; MYRICETIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; QUERCETIN; TROLOX C;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAURITIUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 33748949255     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520270108     Document Type: Article

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