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ArticleNutrients2018

Kombucha Beverage from Green, Black and Rooibos Teas: A Comparative Study Looking at Microbiology, Chemistry and Antioxidant Activity.

Francesca Gaggìa, Loredana Baffoni, Michele Galiano, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Rasmus Riemer Jakobsen, Josue Leonardo Castro-Mejía, Sara Bosi, Francesca Truzzi, Federica Musumeci, Giovanni Dinelli and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
49.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 523 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Francesca GaggìaDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. francesca.gaggia@unibo.it.
Loredana BaffoniDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. loredana.baffoni@unibo.it.
Michele GalianoDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. m.galiano@unibo.it.
Dennis Sandris NielsenDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. dn@food.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0001-8121-1114
Rasmus Riemer JakobsenDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. rasmus@food.ku.dk.
Josue Leonardo Castro-MejíaDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. jcame@food.ku.dk.
Sara BosiDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. sara.bosi@unibo.it.
Francesca TruzziDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. francesca.truzzi3@unibo.it.
Federica MusumeciDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. federica.musumeci2@unibo.it.
Giovanni DinelliDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. giovanni.dinelli@unibo.it.
Diana Di GioiaDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, viale Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy. diana.digioia@unibo.it.
University of Bologna · ITUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

EU project FOODSTAR GA 692276H2020 Food GA 692276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kombucha is usually obtained from the fermentation of black or green tea by a consortium of acetic acid bacteria and yeasts. In this study, kombucha was prepared from the same starter consortium using green and black teas as well as, for the first time, an infusion of rooibos leaves (

Indexed as

AnimalsAntioxidantsAspalathusBeveragesCell LineEthanolFermentationFibroblastsFlavonoidsKombucha TeaMiceOxidative StressPolyphenolsTeaYeastsAntioxidantsEthanolFlavonoidsKombucha TeaPolyphenolsTeafermentationkombuchaoxidative stressrooibos

Identifiers

PMID30577416
PMCPMC6356548
OpenAlexW2903954635

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