A crystalline orange-red polyphenol, which has been named theaflavin, has been known for some time to be present in black tea.
The constitution and configuration of the theaflavin pigments of black tea
β Scribed by D.T. Coxon; A. Holmes; W.D. Ollis; V.C. Vora
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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β¦ Synopsis
The pigments characteristic of black tea infusions are of two general types' associated with the theaflavin fraction and the thearubigin fraction.
The thearubigins have been recognised as polymeric
proanthocyanidins . 2 The theaflavin fraction contains a considerable number of compounds which are
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The recent publication1 describing (a) thedetermination of the molecular weight of thkaflavin acetate, (b) the deuterirrm analysis of theaflavin delaeroacetate, and (c) the interpretation of the NMR spectrum of the theaflavinmethanol solvate, makes it desirable for us to report our evidence regardin