New hydrophobic lipid interactions in tea cream

Abstract
Tea cream, obtained by cooling tea infusions, has earlier been reported to be a complex between caffeine, tea polyphenols and proteins. Now a lipid complex comprising components such as 1‐triacontanol, α‐spinasterol, dihydro‐α‐spinasterol and others earlier reported in the tea plant have been isolated from tea cream and identified. Hydrophobic interactions between the lipids and other components of tea cream are envisaged.

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