Simultaneous analysis of catechins, gallic acid, strictinin, and purine alkaloids in green tea by using catechol as an internal standard

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4957-4964

  Mizukami, Yuzo ^a   Sawai, Yusuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Catechins; Gallic acid; Green tea; HPLC; Strictinin

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATECHIN; CATECHOL; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; STRICTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TEA;

ALKALOIDS; CATECHIN; CATECHOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GALLIC ACID; PHENOLS; PURINES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TEA;

EID: 34447330723     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf070323f     Document Type: Article

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