Decaffeination of fresh green tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) by hot water treatment

Food Chemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1451-1456

  Liang, Huiling ^a   Liang, Yuerong ^a   Dong, Junjie ^a   Lu, Jianliang ^a   Xu, Hairong ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black tea; Caffeine; Catechins; Decaffeinated tea; EGCg; Green tea; HPLC; Polyphenol oxidase

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 33947314452     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.03.054     Document Type: Article

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