Variation in catechin contents in relation to quality of 'Huang Zhi Xiang' Oolong tea (Camellia sinensis) at various growing altitudes and seasons

Food Chemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 648-652

  Chen, Yulong ^a   Jiang, Yueming ^a   Duan, Jun ^a   Shi, John ^b   Xue, Sophia ^b   Kakuda, Yukio ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altitude; Catechins; Oolong tea; Quality parameter; Season

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CATECHIN GALLATE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TASTE; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 70350565401     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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