Flavonoids, total phenolics and antioxidant capacity: comparison between commercial green tea preparations

The potential health benefits attributed to green tea and its catechins such as antioxidant effects, cancer chemoprevention, and weight loss have led to a huge increase of green tea products in the food market. The objectives of this work were to analyze and compare these products in terms of phenol...

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Main Authors: Débora Harumi Kodama, Any Elisa de Souza Schmidt Gonçalves, Franco Maria Lajolo, Maria Inés Genovese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos 2010-12-01
Series:Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612010000400037&lng=en&tlng=en