Investigation of free amino acid, total phenolics, antioxidant activity and purine alkaloids to assess the health properties of non-Camellia tea

To find novel functional beverages from folk teas, 33 species of frequently used non-Camellia tea (plants other than Camellia) were collected and compared with Camellia tea (green tea, pu-erh tea and black tea) for the first time. Data are reported here on the quantities of 20 free amino acids (FAAs...

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Main Authors: Wu Bi, Chunnian He, Yunyun Ma, Jie Shen, Linghua Harris Zhang, Yong Peng, Peigen Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211383515001628