Reaction of the black tea pigment theaflavin during enzymatic oxidation of tea catechins

Y Li, A Shibahara, Y Matsuo, T Tanaka…

Index: Journal of Natural Products, , vol. 73, # 1 p. 33 - 39

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Abstract

... Journal of Natural Products. ... Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University ... One of the products was an ethanol adduct of a theanaphthoquinone precursor, and this reacted with theaflavin to give two further products. ...