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The Global Matcha Research Library

641 papers, trials, theses and preprints that study matcha, gathered from PubMed, OpenAlex and Europe PMC, tagged by study type and topic, and linked back to every source. We keep abstracts and citations; the full text stays with its publisher.

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428 studies match for “BA.1”

2022Thesis or dissertation

DESARROLLO DE TRES FORMULACIONES DE DULCES TIPO GOMITA CON PROPIEDADES FUNCIONALES Y REDUCIDAS EN AZÚCAR

Andrea Alejandra Azurdia Juárez — Repositorio Institucional USAC

En el presente trabajo de graduación se realizaron gomitas de dulce con azúcar reducida e ingredientes funcionales. Se formularon gomitas reducidas en azúcar al 40, 60 y 80 %, utilizando como edulcorantes el isomalt y una mezcla de stevia …

Sensory / consumerAroma, flavor and sensoryFood products and applications
2018Journal articleFree to read

Effect of powdered green tea matcha on biofilm formation by mutans Streptococci

Mochamad Fahlevi Rizal, Noboru Kaneko, Hiroshi Ogawa — STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNAL

Introduction: Antibacterial ingredients with high safety and mild taste that can be used for mouthwash for children are required.Matcha is one of the natural beverages that is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis and widely consumed …

Food science / processingInflammation and immunitySkin, oral and dentalProcessing, milling and quality
2024Journal article

Comprehensive assessment of matcha qualities and visualization of constituents using hyperspectral imaging technology.

Hu Y, Yu H, Song X, et al. — Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)

… types and grades were developed using HSI (containing Vis-NIR and NIR band). The results showed that hyperspectral data in the Vis-NIR were better than in the NIR band. The accuracy of XGBoost in modelling the classification of …

Randomized controlled trialAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 17×
2024Journal article

A comprehensive review of matcha: production, food application, potential health benefits, and gastrointestinal fate of main phenolics.

Ye JH, Fang QT, Zeng L, et al. — Critical reviews in food science and nutrition

… for a wide range of formulated food applications (e.g., dairy products, bakery products, and beverage). The properties of matcha are influenced by cultivation method and processing post-harvest. The transition from drinking tea …

ReviewGut and microbiomeCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and qualityCited 33×
2020Thesis or dissertation

Čokolády se zvýšeným obsahem zdraví prospěšných látek

Karolína Nováková — Digital Repository (National Repository of Grey Literature)

… increased content of healthy substances. The plant material that was used is barrique wood, matcha tea, red cabbage, turmeric, black pepper, ginger, red wine, hops, rosemary, mushrooms and acai berry. Their antioxidant capacity, their …

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsAroma, flavor and sensoryFood products and applications
2024Journal articleFree to read

A comprehensive metabolomics analysis of volatile and non-volatile compounds in matcha processed from different tea varieties.

Huang D, Chen X, Tan R, et al. — Food chemistry: X

… compounds. In addition, 97 key aroma-active compounds were identified based on their odor activity value exceeding 1. Aldehydes, heterocyclic compounds, and ketones were closely associated with the formation of volatile …

Chemical / analyticalMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCited 38×
2022Journal article

Physicochemical indicators coupled with multivariate analysis for comprehensive evaluation of matcha sensory quality.

Wu J, Ouyang Q, Park B, et al. — Food chemistry

… related to sensory quality. Hence, principal component analysis (PCA) based on selected key physicochemical indicators was proposed to evaluate the sensory quality of matcha in this research. The eight key indicators were …

Observational (human)Processing, milling and qualityAroma, flavor and sensoryCited 75×
2022Journal articleFree to read

How can Japan’s matcha-producing regions be revitalized through their regional branding strategies?

徹 児玉 — Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)

本稿では、茶業界全体を取り囲む状況を見ながら、抹茶に関する地域ブランドの情報 デザインにおいて浮上する様々な課題を指摘する。そして、それら課題を通底する「抹茶に関 する価値評価体系の共創」の重要性について述べる。

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2023Journal article

A review on matcha: Chemical composition, health benefits, with insights on its quality control by applying chemometrics and multi-omics.

Phuah YQ, Chang SK, Ng WJ, et al. — Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.)

… Boolean operators were incorporated to explore related sources in various databases. Notably, climate, cultivar, maturity of tea leaves, grinding process and brewing temperature impact on the overall quality of matcha. Besides, …

ReviewAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCultivation and shadingCited 39×
2019Journal article

Evaluation of matcha tea quality index using portable NIR spectroscopy coupled with chemometric algorithms.

Wang J, Zareef M, He P, et al. — Journal of the science of food and agriculture

Abstract BACKGROUND The study reports a portable near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy system coupled with chemometric algorithms for prediction of tea polyphenols and amino acids in order to index matcha tea quality. RESULTS Spectral data were …

Randomized controlled trialAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 114×
2023Journal article

Application of colorimetric sensor array combined with visible near-infrared spectroscopy for the matcha classification.

Ouyang Q, Rong Y, Wu J, et al. — Food chemistry

… models were compared, yielding the optimal identification rate by the back-propagation artificial neural network (BPANN) model with 99% and 98% in the calibration and prediction sets, respectively. The results indicated the …

Chemical / analyticalProcessing, milling and qualityAroma, flavor and sensoryAuthenticity and analytical methodsCited 49×
2020Thesis or dissertationFree to read

Elaboración de galletas de té matcha como fuente adicional de fibra y de antioxidantes

Juan Pablo Gaona Hernandez — instname:Universidad de los Andes

Nowadays, matcha tea is a high quality ingredient due to its dietary fiber and antioxidant content, which lead to the development of a daily intake product such as cookies. In this case three types of flour were used: oat, almond and chia…

Food science / processingAntioxidants and polyphenolsProcessing, milling and qualityFood products and applications
2020Journal articleFree to read

Effects of Matcha Green Tea Powder on Cognitive Functions of Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals.

Sakurai K, Shen C, Ezaki Y, et al. — Nutrients

… day. Changes in cognitive function were assessed utilizing a psychometric test battery. Daily food intake was assessed by a Brief-type Self-administered Diet History Questionnaire (BDHQ). In the gender-specific analysis, a significant …

Randomized controlled trialCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsProcessing, milling and qualityCited 46×
2021Journal articleFree to read

The science of matcha: Bioactive compounds, analytical techniques and biological properties

Hari Prasad Devkota, Bhakta Prasad Gaire, Kengo Hori, et al. — Trends in Food Science & Technology

… on matcha and the gaps which help to guide future research related to evidence based product formulations.Various studies have reported the difference in bioactive compounds in matcha as compared to green tea and other tea formulations. …

ReviewAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 61×
2021Journal article

Simultaneous quantification of chemical constituents in matcha with visible-near infrared hyperspectral imaging technology.

Ouyang Q, Wang L, Park B, et al. — Food chemistry

… soft shrinkage (BOSS) were used to optimize the models. They were built based on partial least squares (PLS), creating two models referred to as CARS-PLS and BOSS-PLS. The BOSS-PLS models achieved best predictive accuracy, with …

Chemical / analyticalAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 77×
2018Journal articleFree to read

Stress-Reducing Function of Matcha Green Tea in Animal Experiments and Clinical Trials.

Unno K, Furushima D, Hamamoto S, et al. — Nutrients

… The stress-reducing effect of matcha marketed in Japan and abroad was assessed based on its composition. The stress-reducing effect of matcha in mice was evaluated as suppressed adrenal hypertrophy using territorially-based loaded stress. …

Randomized controlled trialCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCited 84×
2017Thesis or dissertation

Effect of Matcha green tea powder in shortbread biscuits on consumer acceptability and acute metabolic response

Benjapor Phongnarisorn — White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)

… into shortbread biscuits at 2, 4, 6 g per 100 g of flour. The effect of baking, storage, and the addition of sodium bicarbonate on the catechin stability was evaluated. Percentage of total catechin remaining in biscuits ranged from …

Clinical trial (non-randomized)Metabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeine
2023Journal articleFree to read

Variations of main quality components of matcha from different regions in the Chinese market.

Luo Y, Zhang Y, Qu F, et al. — Frontiers in nutrition

… regional flavor characteristics of matcha. This study clarified the compound basis of the flavor difference of matcha from different regions in the Chinese market, and provided a theoretical basis for the selection and application of …

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 13×
2026Journal articleFree to read

A CE/TA-stratified systematic review and evidence map of matcha and green tea bioactives in endocrine stress regulation: testosterone, cortisol, and the T:C ratio.

Alanazi A, Alanzi R, Abdo AAA — Frontiers in nutrition

… as a stratification variable across a formally assembled endocrine evidence base, in order to map what is and is not established regarding cortisol, testosterone, and the testosterone-to-cortisol (T:C) ratio. Following the Preferred …

Systematic review / meta-analysisCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeine

How this library is built

Every record comes from three open scholarly indexes — PubMed, OpenAlex and Europe PMC — searched for the word “matcha.” Records are merged by DOI and PubMed ID so each study appears once. A paper is kept only if matcha appears in its title, abstract, author keywords or subject terms and the text is about tea or food, which filters out the surname Matcha, software called Matcha, and the Scandinavian verb “matcha” (to match).

Study type and topic tags are assigned automatically from each paper's own title, abstract and subject terms using fixed keyword rules — no guesses, and papers without an abstract are marked as unclassified. Automatic tagging is imperfect, so treat tags as a way to narrow a search, not as a verdict on a paper's quality. A study being listed here is not an endorsement of its findings.

Coverage: this is every indexed paper that names matcha, not every study of green tea or its compounds (those are far more numerous). Papers that mention matcha only in passing are hidden by default. Work that never uses the word “matcha,” and publications outside these indexes, are not included. The library was last rebuilt October 20, 2026.

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