Study on Percentage of Tannin and Caffeine in Libyan Green Tea Beverages and their Nutritional Effect on Human Health

Ambaraka  Elferjani; Fawzia Mohamed; Amal Agila

doi:10.64516/6exbgz74

Authors

Ambaraka Eid Elferjani Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya Author
Fawzia Ahmed Mohamed Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medical Technology, Tripoli University, Tripoli, Libya Author
Amal Rajab Agila Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Derna University, Derna, Libya Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64516/6exbgz74

Keywords:

Tannin, Caffeine, Libyan Traditional Methods, Heating Time, Nutritional Healthy Benefits, Libyan Green Tea Beverage.

Abstract

This study is to determinate the percentage of caffeine and tannin in green tea by three Libyan traditional methods and the effect of heating time. Also, it aimed to study the nutritional healthy benefits and side effects of these constituents. Three samples of vert chine chunmee (NAPT) of green teas were analyzed. The first sample was raw, the second sample was boiled for 30 minutes and the third sample was boiled for 5 minutes. The heating temperature was at 100C ̊. The percentage of tannin and caffeine were estimated in each sample. Caffeine percentage in the three samples was 0.021, 0.022, 0.012, respectively. Tannin participation in green tea prepared by second Libyan traditional method (green tea boiled for 30 minutes) has 83mg/100ml of tannin. This value is higher than raw and third Libyan traditional method (green tea boiled for 5 minutes), which it was 10.9 mg/100 ml and 49mg/100ml, respectively. This study reveals that the heating time affects on the percentage of caffeine and tannin in green tea; as the heating time increases, the percentage of caffeine and tannin increases. But the percentage of tannin in green tea prepared by traditional Libyan methods was higher than caffeine. The rise in tannin percentage in green tea may lead to genetic defect; therefore, the third Libyan traditional method (boiling time for 5 min) may nutritionally consider the best for improving human health, followed by the first Libyan method. They provide the smallest percentage of caffeine and tannin in Libyan green tea beverages.

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