Differential Metabolic Profiles during the Albescent Stages of 'Anji Baicha' (Camellia sinensis).

ABSTRACT: 'Anji Baicha' is an albino tea cultivar with white shoots at low air temperature and green shoots at high air temperature in early spring. The metabolite contents in the shoots dynamically vary with the color changes and with shoot development. To investigate the metabolomic variation during the albescent and re-greening stages, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry combined with multivariate analysis were applied to analyze the metabolite profiles in the different color stages during the development of 'Anji Baicha' leaves. The metabolite profiles of three albescent stages, including the yellow-green stage, the early albescent stage, and the late albescent stage, as well as the re-greening stage were distinguished using principal component analysis, revealing that the distinct developmenta

SUBMITTER: Li CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4622044 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature