Dissolving ability of commercialized white tea on chocolate-stained fabric: A potential stain remover

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Biology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Annual Research and Review in Biology

Volume

19

Issue

4

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

Tea, being the second most consumed beverage in the world, produces huge amount of waste when the used tea bags are readily discarded. This study determined the change in the relative absorbance of commercialized white tea infusions applied to chocolate-stained polyester and cotton fabrics using spectrophotometry. Results showed significantly higher relative stain removal efficiency of unused white tea infusions on chocolate-stained polyester and cotton fabrics possibly due to the solubilizing property of abundant catechins found in tea. © 2017 Santamaria et al.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.9734/ARRB/2017/37495

Disciplines

Biology

Keywords

Tea; Spotting (Cleaning); Catechin

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