Research
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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368 studies match for “green”
Pheophorbide a Content and Chlorophyllase Activity in Green Tea.
Kohata K, Hanada K, Yamauchi Y, et al. — Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry… chlorophyllide a (Chd a) by the chlorophyllase reaction during incubation, in green tea samples, and found that the total content of PB a markedly increased in both Sencha and Matcha, compared with the initially present PB a content in …
Other / not statedProcessing, milling and qualityCited 13×Hellyer, Robert. Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups.
Nobuko Toyosawa — Archiv orientální… Americans followed the tea drinking practices, such as the consumption of green and black teas, of the mother country, England.However, Americans soon "chose to capitalize on a fruit of independence" (p.20) and utilize the Canton …
Other / not statedMarket, culture and sustainabilityFood products and applicationsChemical Components of Matcha and Powdered Green Tea
Hideki Horie, Kaori Ema, Osamu Sumikawa — 日本調理科学会誌Not classified (no abstract)Processing, milling and qualityCited 28×Theanine (L-gamma-glutamylethylamide) in green tea, and its impact on cognitive function
Yoshitake Baba — Tea in Health and Disease PreventionNot classified (no abstract)Cognition, mood and stressL-theanine and caffeineAroma, flavor and sensoryCited 1×Green gruel? Pea soup? What Westerners thought of matcha when they tried it for the first time
Rebecca CorbettNot classified (no abstract)Market, culture and sustainabilityIn vitro Anti-inflammatory Effects of Edible Igusa Soft Rush (Juncus effusus L.) on Lipoxygenase, Hyaluronidase, and Cellular Nitric Oxide Generation Assays: Comparison with Matcha Green Tea (Camellia sinensis L.)
Tatsuhiko Nishimura, Kiyotaka Kabata, Akiko Koike, et al. — Food Science and Technology Research… hyaluronidase assays, and an activated macrophage cell model in vitro. Matcha green tea powder was tested for comparison. Hot-water and ethanol extracts of soft rush as well as matcha showed comparable lipoxygenase inhibition, with IC50 …
In vitro / cell studyInflammation and immunityProcessing, milling and qualityMarket, culture and sustainabilityCited 6×Matcha Green Tea Blending Problem by a Hybrid Approach of Logarithmic Fuzzy Full Consistency Method and Modified Interactive Fuzzy Programming with Priority Control
Busaba Phruksaphanrat, Saran Jarernsuk, Saruntorn Panjavongroj — SSRN Electronic JournalNot classified (no abstract)Processing, milling and qualityFood products and applicationsMatcha is having a moment. What are the health benefits of this green tea drink?
Evangeline MantziorisNot classified (no abstract)Market, culture and sustainabilityComparison of phenolic content and antioxidant activity of matcha, green leaf and white leaf tea infusions
Maria Sielicka, Eylul Isik, Julia Szulc — Bulgarian Portal for Open Science… compounds, substantially contributes to daily polyphenols intake. Among green teas, matcha, which is grounded Tencha tea grown under shaded conditions, gains popularity not only as an infusion but also as an additive to food …
Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsCultivation and shadingFood products and applicationsJapanese Green Tea
Shoji Koide, Ken-ichi Kimura — CRC Press eBooksGreen tea, the most widely consumed beverage in Japan, plays an important role in Japanese food culture. In this chapter, the authors first introduce the unique processes that produce health-promoting and high-quality Japanese green tea, …
Food science / processingAroma, flavor and sensoryMarket, culture and sustainabilityCultivation and shadingCan you enhance exercise-induced fat oxidation with green tea drinking?
Mark E. T. Willems — ChiPrints (University of Chichester)Green tea is associated with health benefits. Some studies showed enhanced exercise-induced fat oxidation with intake of capsulated green tea components, primarily with epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate, but that effect was never observed with …
ReviewMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsProcessing, milling and qualityCited 1×Effect of powdered green tea matcha on biofilm formation by mutans Streptococci
Mochamad Fahlevi Rizal, Noboru Kaneko, Hiroshi Ogawa — STOMATOLOGY EDU JOURNALIntroduction: 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 qualityThe impact of different matcha green tea powder additions on selected quality features of corn puffs
Natalia Mikołajczak, Daria Anna Sobiechowska — Polish Journal of Natural ScienceNot classified (no abstract)Processing, milling and qualityAroma, flavor and sensoryCited 2×Food chemistry: Matcha green tea packs the antioxidants
Authors not listed — Science NewsNot classified (no abstract)Antioxidants and polyphenolsA 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 nutritionMatcha, a powder processed from tea leaves, has a unique green tea flavor and appealing color, in addition to many other sought after functional properties for a wide range of formulated food applications (e.g., dairy products, bakery …
ReviewGut and microbiomeCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and qualityCited 33×Influence analysis of cultivation method for matcha green tea leaves using Raman-autoforcense spectroscopic measurement
Ryosuke Shiomi, Takeo Minamikawa, Ryo Oe, et al. — The Japan Society of Applied PhysicsChemical / analyticalCultivation and shadingAuthenticity and analytical methodsA 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.)… of matcha. The discussion primarily distinguishes between matcha and regular green tea with processing and compositional factors, and demonstrates beneficial health effects of consuming matcha. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic …
ReviewAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCultivation and shadingCited 39×Effects of Daily Matcha and Caffeine Intake on Mild Acute Psychological Stress-Related Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study.
Baba Y, Inagaki S, Nakagawa S, et al. — NutrientsMatcha, a type of green tea, has a higher amino acid content than other types of tea. We previously examined the ability of matcha to improve cognitive function in older adults and determined that continuous matcha intake improves …
Randomized controlled trialCognition, mood and stressL-theanine and caffeineCited 32×Influence analysis of cultivation method for matcha green tea leaves using multimodal spectroscopic measurement
Ryosuke Shiomi, Takeo Minamikawa, Ryo Oe, et al. — The Japan Society of Applied PhysicsChemical / analyticalCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and qualityAuthenticity and analytical methodsNew green tea cultivar 'Seimei' for Sencha, Kabuse-cha, Matcha and powdered tea.
Katsuyuki Yoshida, Atsushi Nesumi, Akifumi Ogino, et al.Agronomy / cultivationCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and qualityCited 1×No Adverse Effects of Matcha Green Tea Powder on Metabolic and Physiological Responses during Running
Mark E. T. Willems, Julianne Doherty, Sam David Blacker — Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseMatcha is powder made from green tea leaves that had restricted light exposure to enhance composition. Consumption of the powder in Matcha green tea drinks ensures substantially higher intake of catechins and caffeine than normally brewed …
Other / not statedMetabolism and weightCardiovascular and blood pressureAntioxidants and polyphenolsAnti‐Retroviral Activity of Phytochemical Rich Dietary Ingredients: Herbs, Spices, Fruits and Matcha (Green Tea)
Deana Townsend, Vatsala Maitin, Troy Chesnut, et al. — The FASEB JournalNot classified (no abstract)Inflammation and immunityCited 3×Polyphenol-fortified extruded sweet potato starch vermicelli: Slow-releasing polyphenols is the main factor that reduces the starch digestibility.
Li Y, Niu L, Wu L, et al. — International journal of biological macromolecules… during digestion and their correlation of ESPSV supplemented with matcha (MT), green tea extract (GTE), tea polyphenols (TP) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) (at 1% polyphenol level) were discussed. Results showed that tea products in …
Food science / processingAntioxidants and polyphenolsGut and microbiomeFood products and applicationsCited 27×The therapeutic potential of matcha tea: A critical review on human and animal studies.
Sokary S, Al-Asmakh M, Zakaria Z, et al. — Current research in food scienceMatcha is a powdered form of Japanese green tea that has been gaining global popularity recently. Matcha tea has various health benefits, including an enhancing effect on cognitive function, cardio-metabolic health, and anti-tumorogenesis. …
ReviewCognition, mood and stressMetabolism and weightCardiovascular and blood pressureCited 49×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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