Analysis of accumulation patterns and preliminary study on the condensation mechanism of proanthocyanidins in the tea plant [Camellia sinensis]

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jiang, Xiaolan ^a   Liu, Yajun ^a   Wu, Yahui ^a   Tan, Huarong ^a   Meng, Fei ^a   Wang, Yun Sheng ^a   Li, Mingzhuo ^a   Zhao, Lei ^b   Liu, Li ^a   Qian, Yumei ^a   Gao, Liping ^a   Xia, Tao ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFLAVONOID; CATECHIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN B2;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERIZATION; PROCEDURES;

BIFLAVONOIDS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIMERIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERIZATION; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84930005464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08742     Document Type: Article

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