Research Article

Extraction Efficiency of Different Solvents and LC-UV Determination of Biogenic Amines in Tea Leaves and Infusions

Table 1

Main characteristics of tea samples.

SampleKind of teaOriginCultivationCaffeine content (w/w%)

1BlackKeniaConventional1.5
2BlackChinaConventional1.7
3BlackChinaConventional1.5
4BlackTanzaniaConventional1.6
5BlackTanzaniaConventional1.5
6BlackChinaConventional1.8
7BlackIndiaConventional1.6
8BlackSri LankaOrganic1.9
9BlackKeniaConventional≤0.1%
10BlackIndiaConventional≤0.1%
11BlackIndiaConventional≤0.1%
12BlackChinaConventional≤0.1%
13BlackChinaConventional≤0.1%
14BlackKeniaOrganic1.7
15GreenChinaConventional2.0
16GreenTanzaniaConventional≤0.1%
17GreenIndiaConventional1.8
18GreenSri LankaConventional≤0.1%
19GreenSri LankaConventional2.0
20GreenIndiaOrganic1.6
21GreenKeniaOrganic1.7