Isolation of green tea catechins and their utilization in the food industry

Food Reviews International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-247

  Vuong, Quan V ^a   Stathopoulos, Costas E ^a   Nguyen, Minh H ^a,c   Golding, John B ^a,b   Roach, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Gosford Primary Industries Institute   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catechins; Isolation; Tea; Tea extract; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957654539     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2011.563397     Document Type: Review

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