Figure 1.
Chemical structures of major green tea polyphenols: The polyphenols that exist in green tea are mainly (+)-epicatechin (EC), (−)-epigallocatechin (EGC), (−)-epicatechin gallate (ECG), and (−)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is the most powerful and the most abundant of the major catechins found in green tea.