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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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18 studies match for “partial least squares”

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

… derivative (1 st D) tests. The data were then subjected to full spectral partial least squares (PLS) and four variable selection algorithms, such as random frog partial least square (RF‐PLS), synergy interval partial least square …

Randomized controlled trialAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 114×
2021Journal article

Intelligent evaluation of taste constituents and polyphenols-to-amino acids ratio in matcha tea powder using near infrared spectroscopy.

Guo Z, Barimah AO, Yin L, et al. — Food chemistry

… simulated annealing (SA) were subsequently developed from the synergy interval partial least squares (SiPLS). The overall results revealed that SiPLS-SPA and SiPLS-SA models combined with NIR exhibited higher predictive capabilities for …

Chemical / analyticalAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 117×
2020Journal article

Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy combined with chemometrics for determination of total phenolic content and antioxidant activity in different tea types.

Bilge G, Özdemir KS — Journal of the science of food and agriculture

… (DPPH) assay and Folin–Ciocalteu methods as reference methods, respectively. Partial least square (PLS) method was used for correlation between reference methods and SFS method. RESULTS Results showed that SFS combined with chemometrics …

Chemical / analyticalAntioxidants and polyphenolsAuthenticity and analytical methodsProcessing, milling and qualityCited 10×
2024Journal articleFree to read

Detection of the Pigment Distribution of Stacked Matcha During Processing Based on Hyperspectral Imaging Technology

Qinghai He, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiaoli Li, et al. — Agriculture

… the results showed that exceptional prediction performance was achieved by the partial least squares regression (PLSR) algorithm combined with the feature band algorithm of competitive adaptive reweighting (CARS), and the Rp2 values of …

Chemical / analyticalProcessing, milling and qualityAuthenticity and analytical methodsMetabolism and weightCited 4×
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.)

… reached 98.10 %. After feature selection using the random forest (RF) method, partial least squares regression (PLSR) was built to predicted the quality of matcha, which showed high prediction accuracy (test set Rp2 > 0.95). The model …

Randomized controlled trialAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 17×
2023Journal article

Monitoring chlorophyll changes during Tencha processing using portable near-infrared spectroscopy.

Liu L, Zareef M, Wang Z, et al. — Food chemistry

… adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) were used to optimize and build partial least square (PLS) models. The CARS-PLS models achieved the best predictive accuracy, with correlation coefficients of prediction (Rp) = 0.9204 for …

Chemical / analyticalCultivation and shadingProcessing, milling and qualityAuthenticity and analytical methodsCited 91×
2023Journal article

Application of visible-near infrared spectroscopy in tandem with multivariate analysis for the rapid evaluation of matcha physicochemical indicators.

Wu J, Zareef M, Chen Q, et al. — Food chemistry

… for selecting the characteristic wavelengths from Vis-NIR spectra to build partial least squares (PLS) models. Results indicated that the ICPA-CARS-PLS models achieved satisfactory performance for the evaluation of matcha particle …

Observational (human)Metabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCited 56×
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

… 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 coefficients …

Chemical / analyticalAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 77×
2018Journal article

Fast nondestructive identification of steamed green tea powder adulterations in matcha by visible spectroscopy combined with chemometrics

Xiao‐Lan Yu, Yong He — Spectroscopy Letters

… of class analogy model in the qualitative classification as well as the partial least squares model in the quantitative analysis performed well with the accuracy of 100% and R2 of 0.9815 in their corresponding prediction sets. …

Chemical / analyticalProcessing, milling and qualityAuthenticity and analytical methodsCited 18×
2024Journal articleFree to read

The application of untargeted metabolomics coupled with chemometrics for the analysis of agitation effects on the sensory profiles of matcha tea.

Li S, Tian H, Zhu G, et al. — Current research in food science

… rates and time were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and partial least square-discriminate analysis (PLS-DA), which were further verified by the triangle test. Thereinto, 2,4-decadienal associated with the sweet, …

Chemical / analyticalMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsAroma, flavor and sensoryCited 4×
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

… aroma characteristics. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) showed that 11 samples of matcha were well clustered according to different components. Japanese matcha …

Observational (human)Antioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 13×
2025Journal articleFree to read

Detection and classification of microplastics in green tea using SERS with gold nanoparticle substrates integrating chemometrics and deep learning.

Joshi R, Adhikari S, Lee D, et al. — Current research in food science

… range. To classify the samples, we compared two chemometric techniques—Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA) and Support Vector Machine (SVM)—with a deep learning approach namely one-dimensional convolutional neural …

Chemical / analyticalSafety, contaminants and toxicityProcessing, milling and qualityAuthenticity and analytical methodsCited 11×
2022Journal article

Effect of three milling processes (cyclone-, bead- and stone-millings) on the quality of matcha: Physical properties, taste and aroma.

Huang Y, Goh RMV, Pua A, et al. — Food chemistry

… between chemical composition and sensory evaluation data was carried out using partial least square regression. In conclusion, milling processes clearly affected the physical, chemical and sensory qualities of matcha.

Chemical / analyticalAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and qualityCited 28×
2026Journal articleFree to read

The Path to Matcha Repurchase: Ritual Attractiveness, Self-Congruence, and Preference

Aimee Gabrielle Lochman, Primidya K. M. Soesilo — Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

… were proposed and study by collecting and analyzing empirical data using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) bootstrapping route analysis. The results of the empirical analysis reveal that the product …

Observational (human)Food products and applicationsMarket, culture and sustainabilityCognition, mood and stress
2024Journal article

Rapid determination of free amino acids and caffeine in matcha using near-infrared spectroscopy: A comparison of portable and benchtop systems

Ouyang Q, Liu L, Wang L, et al. — Journal of food composition and analysis : an official publication of the United Nations University, International Network of Food Data Systems

… soft shrinkage (BOSS). Results in the current work showed that BOSS-PLS (BOSS-partial least squares) models yielded satisfactory results for both NIR spectroscopy types. In addition, the portable NIR-IS system has a prediction ability …

Chemical / analyticalL-theanine and caffeineAuthenticity and analytical methodsMetabolism and weight
2024Journal article

Monitoring of carotenoids changes during the matcha drying process using a portable developed spectral analytical system

Jiang Y, Zareef M, Liu L, et al. — Journal of food composition and analysis : an official publication of the United Nations University, International Network of Food Data Systems

… (VISSA) were employed to select the characteristic variables and establish the partial least square (PLS) calibration models. The BOSS-PLS model achieved optimum performance, with a correlation coefficient (Rₚ) of 0.9592 and residual …

Chemical / analyticalProcessing, milling and qualityAroma, flavor and sensoryAuthenticity and analytical methods

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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