Saturday, June 19, 2010

June Week 3

There is nothing that I read this week, I've kept too busy.

New articles

  • Lipoid complex of the tea leaf, Melkadze, R. G.; Khvedelidze, V. G., Khimiya Rastitel'nogo Syr'ya (2008), (4), 133-135.
  • Lead contamination in different varieties of tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) and factors affecting lead bioavailability, Chen, Yingxu; Xu, Jie; Yu, Mingge; Chen, Xincai; Shi, Jiyan, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010), 90(9), 1501-1507.
  • Teas and tea-based functional beverages, Heck, C. I.; Gonzalez de Mejia, E., Ed. Paquin, Paul, Functional and Speciality Beverage Technology (2009), 396-417.
  • Application of trace element and stable isotope signatures to determine the provenance of tea (Camellia sinensis) samples, Pilgrim, Tamara S.; Watling, R. John; Grice, Kliti, Food Chemistry (2009), 118(4), 921-926.
  • Lead contamination in different varieties of tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) and factors affecting lead bioavailability,Chen Yingxu; Xu Jie; Yu Mingge; Chen Xincai; Shi Jiyan, Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2010), 90(9), 1501-7.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

June Week 2

What Looks Interesting

The Handbook of Green Tea and Health Research is new to me, it looks like a decent read but have not had a chance to see a copy of it yet. There are a few articles from it listed below.

  • Effect of different additives on the theabrownin and its formation mechanism during Pu-erh tea fermentation, Gong, Jia-shun; Chen, Yi-jiang; Peng, Chun-xiu; Zhou, Hong-jie, Chaye Kexue (2010), 30(2), 101-108.
I wish I could read this but don't have access and can't read Chinese :/

Other New Articles

  • Genetic diversity and relationship of tea germplasm resources 'Huangjincha' (Camellia sinensis) revealed by ISSR markers, Ning, Jing; Li, Jian-quan; Dong, Li-juan; Yang, Yang; Zhang, Shu-guang; Tan, Zheng-chu; Zhong, Xing-gang; Zhu, Qi; Peng, Ji-guang; Huang, Jian-an, Chaye Kexue (2010), 30(2), 149-156.
  • Biocatalytic conversion of green tea catechins to epitheaflagallin, epitheaflagallin, 3-O-gallate, and theaflavins: production of promising functional foods, Itoh, Nobuya; Katsube, Yuji, Edited by McKinley, Helen; Jamieson, Mark, Handbook of Green Tea and Health Research (2009), 419-427.
  • Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of green tea, Kelemen, Kamilla, Edited by McKinley, Helen; Jamieson, Mark, Handbook of Green Tea and Health Research (2009), 243-256.
  • Central functions of green tea components, Furuse, M.; Adachi, N.; Tomonaga, S.; Yamane, H.; Denbow, D. M., Edited by McKinley, Helen; Jamieson, Mark, Handbook of Green Tea and Health Research (2009), 1-22.
  • Heavy metal contamination of soils and tea plants in the eastern Black Sea region, NE Turkey, Yaylali-Abanuz, Gulten; Tuysuz, Necati, Environmental Earth Sciences (2009), 59(1), 131-144.
  • Comparison study on extraction of tea polyphenols by different techniques, Zhang, Su-xia; Wei, Qiu-hong, Zhongguo Shipin Tianjiaji (2009), (4), 109-112.
  • Preventive effect of green tea catechins on experimental tumor metastasis in senescence-accelerated mice, Shimizu Kosuke; Kinouchi Shimizu Naomi; Hakamata Wakako; Unno Keiko; Asai Tomohiro; Oku Naoto, Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin (2010), 33(1), 117-21.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

June Week 1

Papers I Looked at

None, nothing that I found interesting enough to look at this week.

New Articles

  • Tea caffeine: metabolism, functions, and reduction strategies, Mohanpuria, Prashant; Kumar, Vinay; Yadav, Sudesh Kumar, Food Science and Biotechnology (2010), 19(2), 275-287.
  • Extraction, identification and quantification of the polyphenols of green and black Tunisian tea decoctions commercialized as "Garden of Tea", Dhaouadi, K.; Fattouch, S.; Hamdaoui, M. H., Acta Horticulturae (2010), 853(Proceedings of the International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 2009), 199-206.
  • Determination of tannins content by titrimetric method for comparison of different plant species, Atanassova, M.; Christova-Bagdassarian, V., Journal of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (2009), 44(4), 413-415.
  • Ultrasound-assisted extraction of oil from tea seeds, Shalmashi, Anvar, Journal of Food Lipids (2009), 16(4), 465-474.
  • Purified black tea theaflavins and theaflavins/catechin supplements did not affect serum lipids in healthy individuals with mildly to moderately elevated cholesterol concentrations, Trautwein, Elke A.; Du, Yaping; Meynen, Evelyne; Yan, Xiuyuan; Wen, Yibo; Wang, Hongqiang; Molhuizen, Henri O. F., European Journal of Nutrition (2010), 49(1), 27-35.
  • Tea(Camellia sinensis L.) yield response to irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer applications, Majd Salimi, K.; Mir Latifi, S. M.
  • From Majallah-i Ulum-i va Fnoon Kishavarzi va Manabi-i Tabi-i Danishgah-i Sanati-i Isfahan (2008), 12(44), 39
  • Evaluation of skin sebosuppression by components of total green tea (Camellia sinensis) extracts, Kim, Jeong Kee; Shin, Hyun Jung; Lee, Byeong Gon; Lee, Sang Jun, Food Science and Biotechnology (2008), 17(3), 464-469.
  • Identification of metabolites in human plasma and urine after consumption of a polyphenol-rich juice drink, Mullen William; Borges Gina; Lean Michael E J; Roberts Susan A; Crozier Alan, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (2010), 58(4), 2586-95.
  • Targeting polyamines and biogenic amines by green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate, Melgarejo Esther; Urdiales Jose Luis; Sanchez-Jimenez Francisca; Medina Miguel Angel, Amino acids (2010), 38(2), 519-23.