A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests

Black tea (Camellia sinensis) is a flavoured, functional, and therapeutic non-alcoholic drink that is consumed by two-thirds of the world’s population. In this study, the bioactive compounds in black tea leaves were extracted using two different solvents which are methanol and acetone before being...

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Main Author: Nabilah Ismail
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
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spelling ukm-127872019-04-16T08:35:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12787/ A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests Nabilah Ismail, Black tea (Camellia sinensis) is a flavoured, functional, and therapeutic non-alcoholic drink that is consumed by two-thirds of the world’s population. In this study, the bioactive compounds in black tea leaves were extracted using two different solvents which are methanol and acetone before being further characterized with FTIR to identify the functional groups. The presence of active compounds such as gallic tannin, catecholin tannin, phenol and flavonoid compounds were further tested with qualitative and quantitative methods. Based on FTIR results, the best solvent to extract tea leaves was acetone. The frequency obtained for phenolic –OH stretch was 3390.5 cm-1, while alkane –CH3 stretch appeared at 2921.4 cm-1 and 2850.7 cm-1. The UV-Vis spectrum was obtained and the λ max from the spectrum is 270 nm. Qualitative analysis involving ferric chloride and lead acetate test showed positive results for the presence of gallic tannin, catecholin, flavonoid and phenols in the tea leaves extract. From the quantitative test, the total phenolic content was 0.9217 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/L while the concentration of flavonoid content was 0.7792 mg quercetin/L and total tannin content 0.13 g/g respectively. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12787/1/48_01_18.pdf Nabilah Ismail, (2019) A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests. Malaysian Applied Biology, 48 (1). pp. 123-129. ISSN 0126-8643 http://mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=897&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description Black tea (Camellia sinensis) is a flavoured, functional, and therapeutic non-alcoholic drink that is consumed by two-thirds of the world’s population. In this study, the bioactive compounds in black tea leaves were extracted using two different solvents which are methanol and acetone before being further characterized with FTIR to identify the functional groups. The presence of active compounds such as gallic tannin, catecholin tannin, phenol and flavonoid compounds were further tested with qualitative and quantitative methods. Based on FTIR results, the best solvent to extract tea leaves was acetone. The frequency obtained for phenolic –OH stretch was 3390.5 cm-1, while alkane –CH3 stretch appeared at 2921.4 cm-1 and 2850.7 cm-1. The UV-Vis spectrum was obtained and the λ max from the spectrum is 270 nm. Qualitative analysis involving ferric chloride and lead acetate test showed positive results for the presence of gallic tannin, catecholin, flavonoid and phenols in the tea leaves extract. From the quantitative test, the total phenolic content was 0.9217 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/L while the concentration of flavonoid content was 0.7792 mg quercetin/L and total tannin content 0.13 g/g respectively.
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A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
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title A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
title_short A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
title_full A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
title_fullStr A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial Malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
title_sort preliminary study of phytochemical contents in commercial malaysian black tea extract using quantitative and qualitative tests
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12787/
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