Table 1.

Gallic acid equivalent, and chemical composition of GTP and BTP

	GAE (mg/g)	EGCG (mg/g)	ECG (mg/g)	EGC (mg/g)	EC (mg/g)	GA (mg/g)	Theanine (mg/g)	Caffeine (mg/g)
GTP	565 ± 24	214 ± 4.5	48.7 ± 2.4	24.5 ± 2.0	21.4 ± 1.6	1.7 ± 0.6	0.7 ± 0.3	0.5 ± 0.1
BTP	532 ± 25	20 ± 0.8	7.1 ± 0.4	7.1 ± 0.4	9.3 ± 0.3	4.3 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.1

Values are means ± SDs. Total phenolic content was expressed as GAE

BTP black tea polyphenol, GTP green tea polyphenol, GAE gallic acid equivalent, EGCG epigallocatechin gallate, ECG epicatechin gallate, EGC epigallocatechin, EC epicatechin, GA gallic acid