Compositions and Antioxidant Activity of Tea Polysaccharides Extracted from Different Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) Varieties

Autor: Kunyue Xiao, Yutao Shi, Sisi Liu, Yuqiong Chen, Dejiang Ni, Zhi Yu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Foods, Vol 12, Iss 19, p 3584 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2304-8158
DOI: 10.3390/foods12193584
Popis: Tea polysaccharide (TPS) is a bioactive compound extracted from tea. It has raised great interest among researchers due to its bioactivity. However, few studies focused on the diversity of TPS in its compositions and antioxidant activity. This study collected 140 different tea varieties from four tea germplasm gardens in China, and their TPSs in tea shoots were extracted. The extraction efficiency, composition contents, including neutral sugar, uronic acid, protein, and tea polyphenols, and the scavenging abilities of hydroxyl radical (·OH) and superoxide radical (O2-·) of 140 TPSs were determined and analyzed. The results showed significant differences in the compositions and antioxidant activities of TPS extracted from different tea varieties. By applying hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA), we selected nine tea varieties with high TPS extraction efficiency and 26 kinds of TPS with high antioxidant capacity.
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