Antioxidants are chemicals that prevent oxidative stress within living cells, chemically blocking oxidation reactions. Oxidative stress involves free radicals, highly reactive molecules that can catalyze reactions within living cells: excessive amounts of free radicals can cause cell damage, mutations and can contribute to chronic diseases such as cancer. Antioxidants work acting as radical eliminators, neutralizing free radicals by reacting with them so they can not cause more damage.

What antioxidants are in tea?

Catequina molecule.

Catequina molecule.
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The tea contains numerous different chemicals that act as antioxidants. Green and white tea are rich in chemical products called catechins, which are a form of flavanol monomers, a type of flavonoid. Flavanols are also called Flavan-3-Ols, and are also found in other food-based foods and beverages. Catechins include epicathechny (EC), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechine Gallate (ECG) and epigalocatechin gallate. Catechins generally impart astringent quality and a bitter taste to tea.

Green tea also contains a Smal

L Number of vitamin C, an antioxidant that is also an essential nutrient. Other types of tea do not contain vitamin C, or only contain traces.

Antioxidants in rusty teas (black or oolong):

Indian Kalami Assam tea, loose leaf tea

Black tea tea from Ahmad

When tea is oxidized, catechins become other chemical products, called TheAfavins and Thearubigins, different chemicals that still act as antioxidants. TheFaflins and Thearubigins are sometimes called tannins, although tea does not contain tannic acid. These chemicals are responsible for the darker color of black and more oolong teas.

The Flovins of black tea and green tea catechins have been compared directly on a laboratory environment for their antioxidant activity, and it was found that they were equally effective as antioxidants. [1]

Is green tea or white tea higher in antioxidants than black tea or other rusty teas?

Green tea leaves and a cup of golden tea.

Green tea Chun Mee

of Harney & Sons

No. While it is true that the oxidation processes used to create black tea and oolong tea.

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