Green tea polyphenols-derived hybrid materials in manufacturing, environment, food and healthcare

C Xu, S Zhou, H Song, H Hu, Y Yang, X Zhang, S Ma… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Tea, as a well-known medicinal beverage, has gained a widespread reputation for its
remarkable health benefits. Among various constituents in tea, tea polyphenols (TPs) stand …

Tea storage: A not thoroughly recognized and precisely designed process

H Lv, X Feng, H Song, S Ma, Z Hao, H Hu… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background During storage, multiple biological, chemical and physical reactions occur in
tea, giving rise to the alteration of tea qualities. However, tea storage technologies still …

Analysis of differences in the accumulation of tea compounds under various processing techniques, geographical origins, and harvesting seasons

Z Fu, L Chen, S Zhou, Y Hong, X Zhang, H Chen - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The processing techniques, geographical origins, and harvesting seasons have a significant
impact on tea compound accumulation, leading to different flavor characteristics and …

A systemic review on Liubao tea: A time‐honored dark tea with distinctive raw materials, process techniques, chemical profiles, and biological activities

X Feng, M Chen, H Song, S Ma, C Ou… - … reviews in food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liubao tea (LBT) is a unique microbial‐fermented tea that boasts a long consumption history
spanning 1500 years. Through a specific post‐fermentation process, LBT crafted from local …

The flavor characteristics and antioxidant capability of aged Jinhua white tea and the mechanisms of its dynamic evolution during long-term aging

Z Wang, Y Liang, C Gao, W Wu, J Kong, Z Zhou… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explored the sensory characteristics, metabolites and antioxidant capability of
aged Jinhua white tea (AJWT) over different years of aging and revealed the transformation …

The metabolic mechanism of flavonoid glycosides and their contribution to the flavor evolution of white tea during prolonged withering

Z Wang, C Gao, J Zhao, J Zhang, Z Zheng, Y Huang… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
This study was the first to comprehensively investigate the metabolic mechanism of
flavonoid glycosides (FGs) and their contribution to flavor evolution during white tea …

Recent advances in tea seeds (Camellia Sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze): Active ingredients, health effects, and potential applications

S Zhou, Z Li, H Song, H Hu, S Ma, Y Tao, Z Hao… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Tea seed (TS), as the mature fruit and growth source of tea plant, has been
characterized with appealing bioactive substances, remarkable health benefits and diverse …

A newly-discovered tea population variety processed Bai Mu Dan white tea: Flavor characteristics and chemical basis

Y Lin, Y Huang, S Zhou, X Li, Y Tao, Y Pan, X Feng… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The quality of white tea (WT) is impacted by selected tea cultivars. To explore the
organoleptic quality of a recently-discovered WT (“Caicha”, CC), HS-SPME/GC–MS and …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory models demonstrate oligopeptides play a significant role in anti-inflammatory properties of white tea

F Zhao, X Wang, H Liu, J Qian - Journal of Functional Foods, 2024 - Elsevier
White tea is a kind of tea abundant in oligopeptides. The study aims to reveal the potential
association between white tea oligopeptides and anti-inflammatory ability. Crude …

Positive contributions of the stem to the formation of white tea quality-related metabolites during withering

L Xiang, C Zhu, J Qian, X Zhou, M Wang, Z Song… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Most teas, including white tea, are produced from tender shoots containing both leaf and
stem. However, the effect of the stem on white tea quality remains unclear, especially during …