Residues and contaminants in tea and tea infusions: a review

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1794-1804

  Abd El Aty, A M ^a,b   Choi, Jeong Heui ^a   Rahman, Md Musfiqur ^a   Kim, Sung Woo ^a   Tosun, Alev ^c   Shim, Jae Han ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

black tea; brewing; consumers; contaminants; green tea; infusion; residues

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BREWING; CONTAMINATION; DRUG INFUSION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; WATER TREATMENT;

BLACK TEA; CONSUMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREEN AND BLACK TEAS; GREEN TEA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; RESIDUES; TOXIC HEAVY METALS;

TEA;

ACETAMIPRID; ALDRIN; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHROMIUM; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; HEAVY METAL; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE; MERCURY; MYCOTOXIN; NEONICOTINOID; NICKEL; NICOTINE; PESTICIDE; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADIOISOTOPE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT; TEA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BREWING; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEGRADATION; EGG; FERMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HARVESTING; HEALTH HAZARD; LEACHING; LIVER TOXICITY; MEAT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROWAVE COOKING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEA FOOD; SOIL POLLUTION; TEA; WASTE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; EGYPT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; PLANT LEAF;

CHINA; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MYCOTOXINS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; PLANT LEAVES; POISONING; RADIOISOTOPES; TEA;

EID: 84911435674     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2014.958575     Document Type: Article

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