Abstract
The mechanism of tea-infusion precipitation is not clear. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and caffeine (CAF) are the core components of green tea infusion precipitate. The critical precipitation concentration ( CCPC) of EGCG-CAF mixed aqueous solutions was assayed through a turbidity assay performed at 25 °C and verified by a differential-scanning calorimeter (DSC) for reliability. Different concentrations of the green tea polysaccharide conjugate fraction (gTPC-D), with a molecular weight of 2.32 × 105 Da, and of metal ions (K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and Al3+) were respectively introduced into the mixed solution to study their effects on CCPC. On the basis of the changed CCPC, the clarification-precipitation phase diagrams of the mixed aqueous solutions were constructed. By calculating the integral area of the clarification phase, it was determined that the four metal ions and gTPC-D could accelerate precipitate formation with a dose-response relationship; among the metal ions, the effect of Al3+ is the strongest, followed by that of Ca2+.
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