HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2022, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (16): 159-163.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2022.16.031

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Comparison and evaluation of the teas and tea beverages with different degrees of fermentation based on the “component-antioxidant” correlations

WANG Yue, ZHAI Pei-pei, BAO Feng, ZHANG Fu-kun, ZHAO Pan, LI Jia, ZHAO Dong-sheng   

  1. College of Pharmacy, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355, China
  • Received:2021-08-16 Online:2022-08-25 Published:2022-09-14

Abstract: Based on the pattern of the “component-antioxidant” correlation, the ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry was used to determine the contents of flavonoids, polyphenols, free amino acids and polysaccharides in unfermented, semi-fermented and fully fermented teas and tea beverages. And the correlations between components and antioxidant function were comprehensively analyzed by taking the DPPH free radical clearance rate as an evaluation index of antioxidant function, to compare and evaluate the teas and tea beverages with different degrees of fermentation. The results showed that the flavonoids content of teas and tea beverages with different fermented degrees was unfermented tea> fully fermented tea≥ semi-fermented tea, polyphenols, free amino acid content and antioxidant capacity were unfermented tea> semi-fermented tea≥fully fermented tea, and polysaccharide content was semi-fermented tea> full-fermented tea> unfermented tea. Flavonoids, polyphenols, and free amino acids in teas and tea beverages with different degrees of fermentation were positively correlated with antioxidant function, and the content of polyphenols showed a significant positive correlation with antioxidant function (P<0.05).

Key words: different degrees of fermentation, tea, tea beverage, correlation of "component-antioxidant", antioxidant activity

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