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Abstract Student ID : N9236010
Title of thesis : Studies on antioxidative activity of Alishan oolong tea from different seasons and process.
Total page : 103
Name of institute : National Pingtung University of Science & Technology Department of Food Science Graduate date : 2010.7 Degree Conferred : Master
Name of student : Meng-Jun Liang Adviser : Pao-Chuan Hsieh Pi-Jen Tsai The contents of abstract in this thesis :
Tea is rich in polyphenols due, and has good antioxidant properties. The study confirmed that polyphenols had more antioxidant activity than vitamin C, E and β-carotene. The content of phenolic compound in tea depends on the degree of fermentation. Generally speaking, phenolic compound will decrease during fermented processing. However, the effects of season and process on the phenolic compounds of tea lack of information. In this study, the tea leaves of Alishan oolong tea from difference harvest seasons and processing steps were used as raw materials to compare their difference in total phenol, flavonoid, total catechin and antioxidant activity. The results indicated that DPPH free radical scavenging and FRAP reducing power were the highest in the sample extracted by water at 50℃ for 30min and increased with the increasing concentration. Further more, we compared of the tea from different possessing step (fresh tea (tea leaves), cold tea (tea after twisting), preliminary tea and refined tea). It revealed that the fresh tea exhihibited the lowest amount of antioxidant and antioxidant activity . For the harvesting seasons, the FRAP reducing power of spring, and autumn teas were higher than that of summer and winter teas, but the DPPH scavenging ability of spring and winter teas were higher than that of summer and autumn teas. The moisture contents of the teas were measured. The results showed that the moisture content of tea leaves were the highest (76.5%), while the refined tea was the lowest (5.9%). Flavonoids contents of summer tea and autumn tea were higher than that of spring tea and winter teas. Finally, gallic acid (GA), epigallocatechin (EGC), epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), and caffeine (CAF) of teas were analyzed by HPLC. GA, EGCG, EGC and CAF contents were the highest in fresh tea leaves, it appears that the result of fermentation of tea catechin concentrations, particularly in the EGC and EGCG contents were the hishest, while content of refined tea was the lowest. According to this study, catechins and theaflavins of tea form a complex phenolic compounds providing a unique flavor and color,in the fermentation process.The phenolic compounds derivatives and their antioxidative activities of tea were different, depending on the harvest seasons and processing conditions.
Key words : oolong tea, polyphenols, flavonoids, antioxidative activity
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