Determination of alkaloids and phenolic compounds in black tea processed by two different methods in different plucking seasons

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1408-1416

  Turkmen, Nihal ^a   Velioglu, Y Sedat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Black tea; HPLC; Phenolics; Plucking season; Processing

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 34248213670     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2881     Document Type: Article

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