UHPLC determination of catechins for the quality control of green tea

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 307-314

  Naldi, Marina ^a   Fiori, Jessica ^a   Gotti, Roberto ^a   Périat, Aurélie ^b   Veuthey, Jean Luc ^b   Guillarme, Davy ^b   Andrisano, Vincenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catechins; Green tea; MEKC; UHPLC MS; UHPLC UV

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEA; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTOR;

(+)-CATECHIN; (-)-CATECHIN GALLATE; (-)-EPICATECHIN; (-)-EPICATECHIN GALLATE; (-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN; (-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE; (-)-GALLOCATECHIN; (-)-GALLOCATECHIN-GALLATE; C; CAFFEINE; CATECHINS; CF; CG; EC; ECG; EGC; EGCG; GC; GCG; GREEN TEA; MEKC; TB; TF; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UHPLC-MS; UHPLC-UV;

CAFFEINE; CALIBRATION; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICELLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEA; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 84885029727     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2013.08.054     Document Type: Article

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