Analysis of naturally occurring 3″-methyl-epigallocatechin gallate in 71 major tea cultivars grown in china and its processing characteristics

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 727-736

  Lv, Hai peng ^a   Yang, Ting ^a   Ma, Cheng ying ^a   Wang, Chuan pi ^a   Shi, Jiang ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Peng, Qun hua ^a   Tan, Jun feng ^a   Guo, Li ^a   Lin, Zhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

3 Methyl epigallocatechin gallate; Camellia sinensis; Cultivars; Epigallocatechin gallate; Processing characteristics

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84898022355     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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