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Polar lipid composition of the leaves and seeds from the tea plant ( Camellia sinensis L)
Author(s) -
Roberts Godwin R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740250505
Subject(s) - phosphatidyl choline , camellia sinensis , galactolipids , composition (language) , camellia , shoot , chemistry , botany , thin layer chromatography , food science , biology , chromatography , biochemistry , phospholipid , chloroplast , linguistics , philosophy , membrane , gene
Abstract Thin‐layer chromatography has been used to separate, identify and quantitatively estimate the polar lipids in tea leaves and seeds. Young shoots have been found to contain a higher concentration of phosphatidyl ethanolamine and phosphatidyl choline than older leaves, which have a high concentration of galactolipids. Seeds contain a high concentration of phosphatidyl choline.