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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2012, Article ID 361698, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/361698
Research Article

Decrease in the Antioxidant Capacity in Beverages Containing Tea Extracts during Storage

Tomas Nekvapil, Vladimir Kopriva, Vladimir Boudny, Martin Hostovsky, Petr Dvorak, and Ladislav Malota

Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho 1–3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

Received 15 June 2012; Accepted 5 August 2012

Academic Editors: O. Aruoma and J. S. Marchini

Copyright © 2012 Tomas Nekvapil et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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