MatchaDB

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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.

Tip: use "quotes" for an exact phrase, OR between alternatives, and a minus to leave a word out, for example fluoride OR pesticide. Related words are matched too, so “EGCG” also finds “epigallocatechin.”

3 studies match for “degradation rate constant”

2025Journal articleFree to read

How Does Exposure Durations (0h, 12h, 24h, 36h, 48h, 60h) to Uv Light affect the Caffeine Concentration of Caffeine of Matcha Tea, Measured by Uv- Spectrophotometric Analysis?

Zhu Zhixi — Journal of Sociology and Education

… by UV-Vis spectrophotometric analysis, and to elucidate the associated photodegradation kinetics.A controlled experimental design was implemented. Uniform samples of matcha powder (0.05 g ± 0.002 g) were spread in quartz dishes and …

Sensory / consumerAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and quality
2020Journal articleFree to read

Processing of green tea pastes by micro wet milling system: Influences on physicochemical and functional properties

Md Zohurul Islam, Yutaka Kitamura, Mito Kokawa, et al. — Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

… green color at 20, 4, −18, and −60 °C for four weeks. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that first-order kinetic models could predict the degradation of ascorbic acid and the reduction in visual green color of green tea pastes during …

Food science / processingAntioxidants and polyphenolsProcessing, milling and qualityCited 12×
2024Journal articleFree to read

Influence of pH levels and beverage exposure on force decay and color stability of orthodontic elastomeric chains: An experimental study.

Blagec T, Šimunović L, Pili Gjumlić S, et al. — The Saudi dental journal

… into 10 commonly used beverages with different pH values. After 7 days, force degradation was evaluated with the universal machine for mechanical testing (Model 4411; Instron, Canton, USA) and color change using a VITA Easyshade® digital …

Food science / processingSkin, oral and dentalProcessing, milling and qualityFood products and applicationsCited 6×

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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