Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum (CSURF)

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DETERMINATION OF CATECHINS IN MATCHA GREEN TEA BY MICELLAR ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY (MEKC)

Christopher R. Anderton and David J. Weiss*
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO 80918

        Previous studies of green tea have found catechin, epicatechin, epicatechingallate, epigallocatechin, epigallocatechingallate, and caffeine present. These compounds are known to have antioxidant behavior and are possibly beneficial to health. Matcha is a special green tea, grown in the shade and used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The tea leaves are ground into a fine powder which is used as the tea. Therefore, the powdered tea leaves are ingested upon drinking the tea. Recently, health experts have suggested that people drink matcha instead of other green teas. Our research endeavors to investigate a common type of matcha to identify and quantitate some of the major catechins present and to compare these results with other green teas. Micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) was used for the analysis. Results indicate that more than 100 times more epigallocatechin gallate is available from matcha than other green teas.