Calculated Mean Content Values

Units Average Min Max Standard Deviation
mg/100 ml 0.70 0.00 4.50 1.07
mol/100 ml 2.41e-06 0.00 1.55e-05 3.69e-06

Values calculated by aggregating data from 60 different samples from 11 unique publications.

Aglycone Mean Content Values

Aglycone Units Average Min Max Standard Deviation
(+)-Catechin mg/100 ml 0.70 0.00 4.50 1.07
mol/100 ml 2.41e-06 0.00 1.55e-05 3.69e-06

Original Content Values Used to Produce Means

Ding, M., Yang, H., Xiao, S. (1999) Rapid, direct determination of polyphenols in tea by reversed-phase column liquid chromatography. Journal of chromatography A 849:637-640 PubMed (10457459)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
3.11 mg/100 ml Chinese Green Tea Yunnan no 1
3.16 mg/100 ml Chinese Green Tea Guangdong no 1
1.94 mg/100 ml Chinese Green Tea Jinghua no 1
Lin, J.K.;Lin, C.L.;Liang, Y.C.;Lin-Shiau, S.Y.;Juan, I.M. (1998) Survey of catechins, gallic acid, and methylxanthines in green, oolong, pu-erh and black teas. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 46:3635-3642
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Fu-Chien Mao-Feng no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - He-Nan Hsin-Yang Mao-Chien no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Hu-Pei He-Feng Fu-Hsi no 1
0.01 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Chue-Chiag longjing no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Hu-Pei San-Hsia Mao-Chien no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Shan-Hsi Tsu-Yang no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - He-Nan Hsin-Yang Yun-Woo no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Che-Chiang Hang-Chou longjing no 1
0.01 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - An-Hui Huang-Shan Yun-Woo no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - An-Hui Pi-Luo-Chun no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Bei-Jing Mo-Li-Hua no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Fu-Chien Hu-Chiu Mo-Li-Hua no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Ssu-Chuan Cheng-Tou Mo-Li-Hua no 1
5.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - Ssu-Chuan Yung-Chuan Mo-Li-Hua no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese green commercial tea - San-Shya, Taipei longjing no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Osaka-Fu no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Aichi-Ken no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Kyoto Mat-Cha no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Shizuoka 1 no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Shizuoka 2 no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Kyoto Sen-Cha no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Kyoto no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Fukuoka-Ken no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Tokyo decocted 1 no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Tokyo decocted 2 no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Tokyo decocted 3 no 1
3.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Tokyo Yn-Loo no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Japanese green commercial tea - Tokyo Thu-Ya no 1
Khokhar, S.; Magnusdottir, S.G.M. (2002) Total phenol, catechin, and caffeine contents of teas commonly consumed in the United Kingdom. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50:565-570 PubMed (11804530)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.70 mg/100 ml Green tea Bandia (Japan) no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Chinese Green Tea no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Japanese Green Tea 1 no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Green tea Osaka-Fu no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Japanese Green Tea 2 no 1
1.30 mg/100 ml Indian Green Tea no 1
1.00 mg/100 ml Green tea Chun mee (China) no 1
Pascual-Teresa de, S.; Santos-Buelga, C.; Rivas-Gonzalo, J.C. (2000) Quantitative analysis of flavan-3-ols in Spanish foodstuffs and beverages. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48:5331-5337 PubMed (11087482)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.74 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion no 3
Kuhr, S.; Engelhardt, U.H. (1991) Determination of flavanols, theogallin. Zeitschrift fuer Lebensmittel Untersuchung und Forschung 192:526-529 PubMed (8717094)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
1.33 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, China, Leaf no 1
1.16 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Taiwan, Leaf no 1
Pelillo, M.; Biguzzi, B.; Bendini, A.; Gallina Toschi, T.; Vanzini, M.; Lercker, G. (2002) Preliminary investigation into development of HPLC with UV and MS-electrospray detection for the analysis of tea catechins. Food Chemistry 78:369-374
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.00 mg/100 ml Green Tea infusion 4 (whole leaves) no 1
1.95 mg/100 ml Green Tea infusion 5 (minced leaves) no 1
Long, H.; Zhu, Y.; Huang, T.; Coury, L.A.; Kissinger, P.T. (2001) Identification and determination of polyphenols in tea by liquid chromatography with multichannel electrochemical detection. Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies 24:1105-1114
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
1.00 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Luan Guapian, China no 1
2.70 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Longjin, China no 1
4.50 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Maofeng, China no 1
0.65 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Suntory,Japan no 1
0.60 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Dynasty, Japan no 1
Lin Y., Juan I., Chen Y., Liang Y., Lin J. (1996) Composition of polyphenols in fresh tea leaves and associations of their oxygen-radical-absorbing capacity with antiproliferative actions in fibroblast cells. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44:1387-1394
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.87 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Chin-Shin-Dah-Pan no 1
2.12 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, TTE 12 no 1
1.75 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Assam no 1
2.25 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Wun-Yi no 1
3.75 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion, Gan-Tzy (Longjing tea) no 1
Begona Barroso, M.; Werken van de, G. (1999) Determination of green and black tea composition by capillary electrophoresis. Journal of High Resolution Chromatography 22:225-230 PubMed (19266552)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
1.46 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion no 1
Stewart A.J., Mullen W., Crozier A. (2005) On-line high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds in green and black tea. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 49:52-60 PubMed (15602765)
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.00 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion no 1
Wang H., Helliwell K., You X. (2000) Isocratic elution system for the determination of catechins, caffeine and gallic acid in green tea using HPLC. Food Chemistry 68:115-121
Original Content Value Original Food Description Commercial Origin # of Samples Analyzed
0.69 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion - Gunpowder no 1
1.22 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion - Roasted green tea no 1
1.41 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion - Sencha no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion - Keemun no 1
0.50 mg/100 ml Green tea infusion - Sri Lanka no 1