,Studies of cocoa tea, a wild tea tree containing theobromine

• 作 者: Xiaohong SONG Xianggang SHI Yunqin LI Li PENG Chengren LI Xiaorong YANG Chuangxing YE Jiaxian LI Yumei HE Hualin HUANG Aiqing MIAO Chaoyi ZHAO Jiayao WU Caijin LIN
• 机 构: School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China“,”Tea Institute of Guangdon
• 出 处: 中国高等学校学术文摘·生物学
• 发表日期: 2009年4期
• 关键词: cocoa tea theobromine caffeine-free intro-duced domestication healthy beverage

Camellia ptilophylla Chang is a wild tea tree containing theobromine and is caffeine-flee. Lots of researches have been conducted for its domestication since it was discovered to contain theobromine in its shoots. First, its pharmacological and physiological effects have been studied, demonstrating that it can be used as a new resource of tea as daily and healthy beverage. Cocoa tea differs from traditional tea in that it does not excite the nervous system. Second, various ways of propagation have been investigated, and sexless cutting has been the method adopted currently. Third, through selection and breeding, plantation of cocoa tea can be set up to cultivate new varieties, and cocoa tea of different flavors such as green cocoa tea, oolong cocoa tea, and black cocoa tea can be processed. Thus, cocoa tea will become a choice in the tea market.