Black Tea: The Plants, Processing/Manufacturing and Production

Tea in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 41-57

  Senthil Kumar, Ramasamy Shanmugasundaram ^a   Murugesan, Subramanian ^a,b   Kottur, Govindasamy ^c   Gyamfi, Daniel ^d  

^a Harrisons Malayalam Limited   (India)

^b T Stanes and Company Ltd   (India)

^c UPASI Tea Research Foundation   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84882866584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384937-3.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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