Identification of trimeric and tetrameric flavan-3-ol derivatives in the SII black tea thearubigin fraction of black tea using ESI-tandem and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Food Research International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 317-327

  Yassin, Ghada H ^a   Koek, Jan H ^a   Kuhnert, Nikolai ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black tea theaflavins and theasinensins; ESI tandem mass; MALDI TOF; Thearubigins

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DIRECT INFUSIONS; ESI-TANDEM MASS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MALDI-TOF; MALDI-TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATIVE COUPLINGS; THEAFLAVINS; THEARUBIGINS; BLACK TEA; FLAVAN-3-OLS; TETRAMERIC;

DIMERS;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84907251631     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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