Determination of caffeine content in tea and maté tea by using different methods

Czech Journal of Food Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages

  Komes, D ^a   Horzic D ^a   Belscak A ^a   Ganič, K Kovačević ^a   Baljak, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Caffeine; HPLC; Mat tea; Tea

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949200552     PISSN: 12121800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/612-cjfs     Document Type: Conference Paper

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