Characterization of functional proteases from flowers of tea (Camellia sinensis) plants

Recently, functional compounds of flowers of tea (Camellia sinensis) have attracted increasing interest of researchers, whereas very less attention has been paid to functional enzymes in tea flowers. In the present study, tea flowers were found to contain proteases with strong proteolysis ability to...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yiyong Chen, Xiumin Fu, Xin Mei, Ying Zhou, Bing Du, Youying Tu, Ziyin Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Tea
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464616301438