Progress in Research and Application of Main Bioactive Components of Tea Flower
China is a major tea-growing country with vast tea gardens and abundant tea tree resources.Tea flower are bisexual flowers that are produced by tea trees.Currently,research on tea trees mainly focuses on tea leaves,and tea flower have not been well developed and utilized as a by-product of tea trees.With the development of relevant research in recent years,it has been found that tea flower contain abundant bioactive components such as tea polyphenols,tea polysaccharides,flavonoids,amino acids,and proteins,which have good antioxidant,immune enhancement,blood sugar reduction,blood fat reduction,and other effects.This article expounded the bioactive components,drying process,research and development application sta-tus of tea flower,in order to promote the research and development of tea tree flowers and increase the added value of prod-ucts.
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