Mountain tea: A new herbal tea from South Africa?

dc.contributor.author	Olivier J.	en
dc.contributor.author	Rampedi I.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-01T16:31:27Z
dc.date.available	2012-11-01T16:31:27Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.citation	Food Science and Technology	en
dc.identifier.citation	22	en
dc.identifier.citation	1	en
dc.identifier.issn	14753324	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7238
dc.description.abstract	A tea made of an indigenous South African plant athrixia phylicoides, a small shurb with aromatic silvery leaves and harvested in late autumn, is found to be suitable for commercial development. The National Research Foundation (NRF) has aimed to assess the feasibility of commercializing the plant product based on the determination of the chemical and pharmacological properties of the leaf infusions and decoctions. The Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) method of qualitative anioxidant detection showed that athrixia contained at least eight antioxidant compounds in relatively high concentrations. The tea to be commercialized does not contain caffeine and athrixia leaves show some anti-inflammatory properties while the water extracts exhibit antimicrobial activity against various bacteria.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Bacteria; Concentration (process); Food products; Thin layer chromatography; Inflammatory properties; Pharmacological properties; Phylicoides; Plants (botany)	en
dc.title	Mountain tea: A new herbal tea from South Africa?	en
dc.type	Article	en