The Chinese tea plant Camellia sinensis contains caffeine in the same proportions as coffee (Coffea arabica), but the tea contains more tannin, which provides an astringent and acidic taste and inhibits the absorption of caffeine into the blood.

Authors

• Person: Daniela Rebeca Ardelean, Ramona Stef, Monica Butnariu Organization: Iris Publishers
  Active Plant Principles and Applications in Plant Medicine

Sources

• Active Plant Principles and Applications in Plant Medicine irispublishers.com Daniela Rebeca Ardelean, Ramona Stef, Monica Butnariu · Iris Publishers via serper

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• Tannins concept
• caffeine concept