The composition of polyphenols and methylxanthines in teas and herbal infusions

Food Chemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 441-448

  Horžić, Dunja ^a   Komes, Draženka ^a   Belščak, Ana ^a   Ganić, Karin Kovačević ^a   Iveković, Damir ^a   Karlović, Damir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; HPLC; Methylxanthines; Polyphenols; Tea

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349178518     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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