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KMID : 0665220180310030416
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Korean Journal of Food and Nutrition
2018 Volume.31 No. 3 p.416 ~ p.424
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Determination of Amounts of Catechin and Caffeine in Green Tea Beverages
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Kim Dae-Hwan
Lee Myung-Jin
Kim Yang-Hee
Ryu Kyong-Shin
Lee Ji-Yeon
Park Kwang-Hee
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Abstract
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The physiologically advantageous aspects of green tea have been identified recently and green tea has been a favorite drink of many people. Due to the increased awareness of green tea’s positive effects on human health, the demand for foods containing green tea has increased. This has led to the development of diverse green tea-related beverages; thereby many companies in Korea have put a wide variety of manufactured green tea beverages on the market. However, the components within green tea beverages have not been examined in Korea yet. In this study, we investigated the contents of the physiologically functional materials found in green tea, such as catechin, catechin gallate, epicatechin, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatecin gallate, gallocatechin gallate and caffeine. Fifty-six green tea products purchased from the local grocery stores and cafes were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis. As a result, all tested products contained catechin and caffeine, although the amount of each component was largely different. The total amount of catechin derivatives in the manufactured green tea beverages purchased from cafes was 263.17 mg/L, while they were 61.99 mg/L in the beverages purchased from the local grocery stores. And, to the almost samples the amount of caffeine was proportional to the amount of catechin.
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KEYWORD
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catechin, caffeine, greentea beverages
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