Research Article

The Galloyl Catechins Contributing to Main Antioxidant Capacity of Tea Made from Camellia sinensis in China

Table 5

Correlation coefficients between AE and catechins content in different tea infusions.

Catechins contentGreen teaOolong teaBlack teaDark tea

EGC (%)0.79a0.98a0.99a0.96ab
Catechin (%)0.79a1.00bc1.00a0.94a
EC (%)0.84b0.98ab0.98ab0.96bc
EGCG (%)0.86c1.00c0.91c0.98c
ECG (%)0.79a1.00c0.98ab0.98c

Values marked by the same lowercase superscript letter within same column are not significantly different ().