Trace elements in tea leaves, made tea and tea infusion: A review

T Karak, RM Bhagat - Food research international, 2010 - Elsevier
Tea (Camellia sinensis L) is one of the most widely popular nonalcoholic beverage,
consumed by over two-thirds of the world's population due to its medicinal, refreshing and …

South African herbal teas: Aspalathus linearis, Cyclopia spp. and Athrixia phylicoides—A review

E Joubert, WCA Gelderblom, A Louw… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis (Brum. f) Dahlg.) and honeybush (Cyclopia Vent. species) are
popular indigenous South African herbal teas enjoyed for their taste and aroma. Traditional …

Spent tea leaves: a new non-conventional and low-cost adsorbent for removal of basic dye from aqueous solutions

BH Hameed - Journal of hazardous materials, 2009 - Elsevier
In the present study, spent tea leaves (STL) were used as a new non-conventional and low-
cost adsorbent for the cationic dye (methylene blue) adsorption in a batch process at 30° C …

Using of activated carbon produced from spent tea leaves for the removal of malachite green from aqueous solution

E Akar, A Altinişik, Y Seki - Ecological Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Spent tea leaves, as a waste material, were used to produce active carbon (STAC) in this
study. STAC was used as low-cost adsorbent to remove malachite green (MG) from aqueous …

Elemental analysis of teas and their infusions by spectrometric methods

A Szymczycha-Madeja, M Welna, P Pohl - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2012 - Elsevier
A non-alcoholic beverage, tea made from leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant is a
potentially rich source of dietary important elements and is consumed by nearly half the …

Potential of used Camellia sinensis leaves as precursor for activated carbon preparation by chemical activation with H3PO4; optimization using response surface …

T Mahmood, R Ali, A Naeem, M Hamayun… - Process Safety and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, an attempt was made to produce a low cost activated carbon (AC) from a cheap
precursor material, used tea leaves (UTLs) by chemical activation with H 3 PO 4. The …

Levels of essential and non-essential metals in leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) and soil of Wushwush farms, Ethiopia

M Yemane, BS Chandravanshi, T Wondimu - Food chemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Five tea clones of the Camellia assamica variety grown in Wushwush tea plantation farms,
Ethiopia, were analyzed for their contents of essential, non-essential and toxic metals (K, Ca …

Preliminary investigation of mixed adsorbents for the removal of copper and methylene blue from aqueous solutions

AB Albadarin, J Mo, Y Glocheux, S Allen… - Chemical engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
With most recent studies being focused on the development of advanced chemical
adsorbents, this paper investigates the possibility of using two natural low-cost materials for …

[HTML][HTML] Microwave-assisted spent black tea leaves as cost-effective and powerful green adsorbent for the efficient removal of Eriochrome black T from aqueous …

A Khan, X Wang, K Gul, F Khuda, Z Aly… - Egyptian journal of basic …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, microwave-assisted spent black tea leaves (MASTL) were used as effective low-
cost green adsorbents for the removal of Eriochrome Black T (EBT) from aqueous solutions …

Determination of chromium (VI) in black, green and herbal teas

KL Mandiwana, N Panichev, S Panicheva - Food Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Speciation analysis of black, green and herbal teas was carried out by treating the samples
with 0.1 M Na2CO3 to determine total Cr (VI) and acid digestion (of tea samples in a …