Isolation of An Aroma Precursor of Benzaldehyde from Tea Leaves (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis cv. Yabukita)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2052-2054

  Guo, Wenfei ^a   Sakata, Kanzo ^a   Sasaki, Noriko ^b   Fukuda, Mitsunari ^b   Yagl, Akihito ^b   Watanabe, Naoharu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

benzaldehyde; Camellia sinensis; cyanoglycoside; prunasin; tea aroma precursor

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011248475     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.2052     Document Type: Article

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