Table 1.

Flavanol content of GT, BT and OT

	GT infusion mg ·100 mL‐1 ± SD	BT infusion mg ·100 mL‐1 ± SD	OT infusion mg ·100 mL‐1 ± SD	References
EC	7.93 ± 13.74	3.94 ± 4.27	2.7 ± 3.77	Arts et al., 2000; Begona Barroso and Werken van de, 1999; Bronner and Beecher, 1998; Ding et al., 1992; Ding et al., 1999; Khokhar and Magnusdottir, 2002; Kilmartin and Chyong, 2003; Kuhr and Engelhardt, 1991; Lee and Ong, 2000; Liang et al., 2003; Lin et al., 1996; Lin et al., 1998; Long et al., 2001; Luximon‐Ramma et al., 2005; Pascual‐Teresa et al., 2000; Pelillo et al., 2002; Price and Spitzer, 1993; Rechner et al., 2002; Stewart et al., 2005; Wang et al., 2000; Zhang et al., 1997
ECG	7.50 ± 10.19	7.34 ± 7.10	4.99 ± 6.55
EGC	19.68 ± 25.11	7.19 ± 10.87	9.65 ± 14.16
EGCG	27.16 ± 39.91	9.12 ± 12.67	17.89 ± 27.41
TF	–	3.27 ± 3.31	–	Liang et al., 2003; Stewart et al., 2005; Ding et al. 1992
TF3G	–	1.58 ± 2.97	–
TF3′G	–	4.08 ± 4.08	–
TFDG	–	3.52 ± 3.89	–

TF, theaflavin; TF3G, theaflavin 3‐O‐gallate; TF3′G, theaflavin 3′‐O‐gallate; TFDG, theaflavin 3,3′‐O‐digallate. (Source: http://phenol‐explorer.eu/, values calculated by combining the data from the publications listed).