Elucidating the chemical structure of black tea thearubigins
A solid-phase synthesis protocol was developed, that enabled phenol-protected (-)-epicatechin, and (-)-epigallocatechin to be selectively linked to functionalised resins, as a method to investigate the mechanism of catechin oxidation, which during black tea manufacturing, leads to the ubiquitous and...
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University of Surrey
2009
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.510358 |