Within the master's thesis we determined the antioxidant capacity (AOC), content of total phenolic compounds (TP) and content of flavanols in green, white, black and matcha tea. The aim of our study was to examine the influence of different preparation methods of tea infusions on the AOC, content of TP and content of flavanols. The tea infusions were prepared with 0.4 g of each sample and poured with 50 mL of distilled water. We examined the influence of different temperatures (70 °C and 100 °C), the duration of the extraction (1, 2, 5, 10, 60 min) and addition of milk on the selected parameters. We have found that longer duration of the extraction and the higher temperature have positive effect since they increased AOC, TP content and flavanols content of infusions. The addition of milk to tea infusions has a negative impact on all three studied parameters. Based on the overall results of all analyzes in the preparation of tea infusions, we can conclude that matcha tea has the highest AOC (5.65 g/L), the highest TP content (2.12 g/L) and the highest content of total flavanols (3.35 mg/L of tea).
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