Calculated Mean Content Values

Units Average Min Max Standard Deviation
mg/100 ml 0.49 0.00 2.37 0.86
mol/100 ml 1.67e-06 0.00 8.16e-06 2.95e-06

Values calculated by aggregating data from 13 different samples from 3 unique publications.

Aglycone Mean Content Values

Aglycone Units Average Min Max Standard Deviation
(+)-Catechin mg/100 ml 0.49 0.00 2.37 0.86
mol/100 ml 1.67e-06 0.00 8.16e-06 2.95e-06

Original Content Values Used to Produce Means

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 oolong and paochong commercial tea - Fu-Chien (Shen-Chun) An-Hsi Tieh-Kuan-Yin no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Fu-Chien Yu-San Tieh-Kuan-Yin no 1
2.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Fu-Chien Oolong no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Fu-Chien Wun-Yi Oolong no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Fu-Chien An-Chi Tieh Kuan-Yin no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - An-Hui Huang-Shan Mao-Feng no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Ping-Lin, Taipei, Paochong no 1
0.00 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Ping-Lin, Taipei, Oolong no 1
1.00e-03 mg/100 ml Chinese oolong and paochong commercial tea - Fu-Chien An-Hsi Tieh-Kuan-Yin no 1
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
0.66 mg/100 ml Oolong tea infusion, Taiwan, Leaf no 1
1.16 mg/100 ml Oolong tea infusion, China, Leaf 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
2.12 mg/100 ml Paochung tea infusion, TTE 12 no 1
2.37 mg/100 ml Paochung tea infusion, Wun-Yi no 1