Investigating the Fluoride Content in Black and Green Tea

The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is a fluoride (F) accumulator. Upon brewing, tea releases large amounts of F. Excessive amounts of F can cause dental fluorosis (DF) and skeletal fluorosis (SF). This study aims to determine the F levels in 4 brands of green tea and 4 brands of black tea. F was meas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shelley, James
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2019
Subjects:
tea
Online Access:https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1998
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3159&context=cmc_theses