Simultaneous determination of caffeine and catechins in tea extracts by HPLC

Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-498

  He, Qiang ^a   Lv, Yuanping ^a   Zhou, Ling ^a   Shi, Bi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Catechins; Determination; HPLC; Polyphenol; Tea

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE SOLUTIONS; COMMERCIAL SAMPLE; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLATE; GRADIENT ELUTION; GREEN TEA EXTRACTS; HPLC METHOD; POLYPHENOLS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; TEA EXTRACTS; UV DETECTOR;

ACETONITRILE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOL; PHENOLS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SEPARATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

VITAMINS;

ACETONITRILE; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN; GALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; ELUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 76749148218     PISSN: 10826076     EISSN: 1520572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826070903574469     Document Type: Article

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