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ArticleJournal of chromatography. A2018

A new method to prepare and redefine black tea thearubigins.

Weixin Wang, Shuwei Zhang, Lishuang Lv, Shengmin Sang

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Article in Journal of chromatography. A, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Weixin WangLaboratory for Functional Foods and Human Health, Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States.
Shuwei ZhangLaboratory for Functional Foods and Human Health, Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States.
Lishuang LvDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, 122# Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, PR China.
Shengmin SangLaboratory for Functional Foods and Human Health, Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, 500 Laureate Way, Kannapolis, NC 28081, United States. Electronic address: ssang@ncat.edu.
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University · USNanjing Normal University · CN

Funding

Impact of microbiota-mediated biotransformation of black tea polyphenolsR01AT008623 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI JOBIN, CHRISTIAN, SANG, SHENGMIN · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT008623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thearubigins (TRs) are the major components of black tea, which are formed during the fermentation reactions. Although anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities of TRs have been reported, the prepared TRs according to the literature methods still contain many floating peaks. It is puzzling whether the observed activities are from TRs or these floating peaks. Thus, it is urgent to develop a method to prepare pure TRs and redefine them. In the present study, we developed a new method, the combination of caffeine precipitation and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, to prepare pure TRs. The floating peaks on the hump of the crude TRs were removed, and pure TRs were prepared. The chemical profile of the floating peaks was established using LC/MS, and the major compounds in this fraction were identified as apigenin glycosides, quercetin glycosides, kaempferol glycosides, theaflavins, theasinensin, and galloylglucoses based on the analysis of their tandem mass spectra and in comparison with literature data. This study will pave the way to further study the chemistry and biological activities of TRs and the health effects of black tea consumption.

Indexed as

CatechinChromatography, High Pressure LiquidFlavonoidsGlycosidesPlant ExtractsPolyphenolsTandem Mass SpectrometryTeaCatechinFlavonoidsGlycosidesPlant ExtractsPolyphenolsTeathearubiginBlack teaCaffeine precipitationFlavonoidsSephadex LH-20 columnThearubigins

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PMID29859681
PMCPMC6008242
OpenAlexW2807380042

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