Green tea extract: Chemistry, antioxidant properties and food applications - A review

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1529-1541

  Namal Senanayake, S P J ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Catechins; Flavour constituents; Food application; Green tea extract; Lipid oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888440371     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.08.011     Document Type: Review

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