Polyphenolic profile and antioxidant activities of oolong tea infusion under various steeping conditions

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1196-1205

  Su, Xinguo ^a   Duan, Jun ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^a   Duan, Xuewu ^a   Chen, Feng ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Infusion; Oolong tea; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; EPICATECHIN 3 GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; OOLONG TEA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TEA;

EID: 38149092495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/i8121196     Document Type: Article

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