Unleashing The Power of Tea Flavonoids - Two Decades of Research

Nimal Punyasiri, P.A.; Dananjaya Kottawa-arachchi, Jeevan; Jeganathan, Brasathe; Rathnayake Bandara, B.M.; Ranatunga, Mahasen A. B.; Abeysinghe, Sarath B.; Gunesekara, Kumudinie; Kumar, Vijaya

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Unleashing The Power of Tea Flavonoids - Two Decades of Research

Nimal Punyasiri, P.A.; Dananjaya Kottawa-arachchi, Jeevan; Jeganathan, Brasathe; Rathnayake Bandara, B.M.; Ranatunga, Mahasen A. B.; Abeysinghe, Sarath B.; Gunesekara, Kumudinie; Kumar, Vijaya

URI: http://ichemcdr.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/288

Date: 2024-01

Abstract:

Tea Flavonoids are ubiquitous secondary metabolites with a multitude of biological properties. Flavones, flavonols, flavanols, anthocyanins and proanthocyanins are the main classes of flavonoids present in the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. In both green and black tea flavanols (flavan-3-ols)popularly known as catechins play a vital role in imparting taste, colou