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Journal of Tea Science ›› 2004, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 53-59.doi: 10.13305/j.cnki.jts.2004.01.011

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Studies on Preparing Theaflavins from Oxidation of Tea Catechins in Vitro

WANG Kun-bo, LIU Zhong-hua, HUANG Jian-an   

  1. Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University; The Hunan Engineering and Technology center for Natural Products, Changsha 410128, China
  • Received:2003-05-24 Revised:2003-10-12 Online:2004-03-25 Published:2019-09-11

Abstract: Preparaing theaflavins from the oxidation of tea catechins in vitro simulated fermentation were studies. Two ways of preparing theaflavins was compared. Results of enzymatic oxidation showed that the highest content of theaflavins (15.05%) was formed at 80 minutes fermentation with polyphenol oxidase. Results of chemical oxidation also showed that the optimum condition for the formation of theaflavins is using the catechins from large-leaf tea plant on the raw material with concentration of 10βmg/ml and the ratio of oxidants in 2:3:1 (catechins:K3Fe(CN)6:NaHCO3).

Key words: Tea Science, Theaflavins, Enzymatic oxidation, Chemical oxidation

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