Epimerisation of tea polyphenols in tea
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Jin Ze Xu; Lai Kwok Leung; Yu Huang; Zhen-Yu Chen
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The present study was carried out to quantify green tea epicatechin (GTE) derivatives and to investigate the origin of epicatechin epimers present in 18 selected canned or bottled tea drinks. The major GTEs present in tea are (β)βepigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), (β)βepigallocatechin (EG