Phenolic Profiles and Antioxidant Activities of 30 Tea Infusions from Green, Black, Oolong, White, Yellow and Dark Teas

Tea is among the most consumed drink worldwide, and its strong antioxidant activity is considered as the main contributor to several health benefits, such as cardiovascular protection and anticancer effect. In this study, the antioxidant activities of 30 tea infusions, which were obtained by the mimic of drinking tea of the public, from green, black, oolong, white, yellow and dark teas, were evaluated using ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assays, ranging from 504.80 ± 17.44 to 4647.47 ± 57.87 µmol Fe2+/g dry weight (DW) and 166.29 ± 24.48 to 2532.41 ± 50.18 µmol Trolox/g DW, respectively. Moreover, their total phenolic contents (TPC) were detected by Folin-Ciocalteu assay and were in the range of 24.77 ± 2.02 to 252.65 ± 4.74 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g DW. Generally, Dianqing Tea, Lushan Yunwu Tea, and Xihu Longjing Tea showed the strongest antioxidant activities among 30 teas. Furthermore, the phenolic compounds in tea infusions were identified and quantified, with catechins most commonly detected, especially in green tea infusions, which were main contributors to their antioxidant activities. Besides tea polyphenols, considerable content of caffeine also presented in 30 tea infusions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) - 8(2019), 7 vom: 10. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Cai-Ning [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Guo-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Shi-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiao-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Gan, Ren-You [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Qian-Qian [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Ao [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hua-Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antioxidant activity
Caffeine
Camellia sinensis
Catechin
Journal Article
Polyphenol
Tea

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Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/antiox8070215

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299089940