Isolation and chemical characterisation of a polysaccharide from green tea (Camellia sinensis L.)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2523-2528

  Chen, Haixia ^a   Wang, Zhaoshuai ^a   Lu, Xueming ^a   Xie, Bijun ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Composition; Images; Molecular weight; Tea polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 55549087922     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3375     Document Type: Article

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