African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 5 (3), pp. 213-218, 2 February 2006   

ISSN 1684–5315 © 2006 Academic Journals

Review

Research progress on property and application of theaflavins

Chunxia Wang and Yongquan Li*

.College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027, P. R. China.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: lyq@zju.edu.cn.

Accepted 14 December, 2005

Theaflavins is a group of very important material from black tea with functions as antioxidant, cancer suppressor and inhibitor of pathogenic microorgnisms. A discription is given on the property, chemical structure and application of theaflavin in this paper. The present research situation of theaflavins both in China and abroad is also reviewed.

Key words: Theaflavins, property, application.