Detection of irradiated black tea (Camellia sinensis) and rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) by ESR spectroscopy

Food Chemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 956-961

  Polat, Mustafa ^a   Korkmaz, Mustafa ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ESR; Irradiation; Kinetic; Rooibos; Tea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SPECTROSCOPY; TEA; TEMPERATURE;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 36148933728     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.08.059     Document Type: Article

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