Assessment of Metal Chelating, Bioautography and Spot Screening by TLC of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis)
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For more than 1000 years green tea has been used in China and Japan as a medical herb and a healthful beverage. The traditional Chinese medicine has recommended this plant for headaches, body aches and pains, digestion, depression, detoxification, as an energizer and, in general, to prolong life. Tea is made from young shoots and leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis (Willson and Clifford 1992; Cabrera et al., 2006; Sharma et al., 2007).
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