Catechin contents in tea (Camellia sinensis) as affected by cultivar and environment and their relation to chlorophyll contents

Food Chemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-48

  Wei, Kang ^a   Wang, Liyuan ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   He, Wei ^a   Zeng, Jianming ^a   Jiang, Yongwen ^a   Cheng, Hao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Catechins; Chlorophyll; Climate; Environment; Tea

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHINS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE FACTORS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMIC CHANGES; ENVIRONMENT; EPICATECHIN; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; TEA;

CHLOROPHYLL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

VITAMINS;

CATECHIN; CHLOROPHYLL; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTIVAR; PLANT LEAF; TEA; TEMPERATURE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 77957861998     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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