Physicochemical characterization of puerh tea polysaccharides and their antioxidant and α-glycosidase inhibition

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 545-554

  Xu, Ping ^a,b   Wu, Jing ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Wang, Yuefei ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Glycosidase inhibition; Aging time; Antioxidant; Physicochemical properties; Polysaccharide; Puerh tea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895071314     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.11.021     Document Type: Article

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