Antioxidant properties and mechanisms of tea polyphenols

Tea and Tea Products: Chemistry and Health-Promoting Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-159

  Wan, Xiaochun ^a   Li, Daxiang ^a   Zhang, Zhengzhu ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85080966316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420008036-12     Document Type: Chapter

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