Использованная (взяты короткие цитаты) и рекомендуемая литература:

- Лу Юй. «Чайный канон»

- Лам Кан Чуэн «Путь чая» 2007

- Б. Виногородский «Путь чая. Часть 1» 2007

- Виноградская В. «Прекрасное дерево южной стороны, или Чайное долголетие» 2007

- Семенов Н. «Новейшая чайная энциклопедия» 2006

- Похлёбкин В.В. «Чай,его история,свойства и употребление» 2004

- Ван Лин «Китайское искусство чаепития» 2003

- Иванов Ю.Г. «Книга о чае» 1996

Использованы краткие цитаты с сайтов:

http://puer.ru/

http://teatips.ru

http://pro-chai.blogspot.com

http://www.teatravel.ru/

http://www.tea-art.com.ua

а также:

1) New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 358: 213-216, January 17, 2008; Number 3

2) Variations of Main Quality Components of Tea Genetic Resources [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] Preserved in the China National Germplasm Tea Repository, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (Formerly Qualitas Plantarum), Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0921-9668 (Print) 1573-9104 (Online), Volume 60, Number 1 / Jan 2005, DOI 10.1007/s11130-005-2540-1, pp 31-35

3) "Variation in catechin contents in relation to quality of ‘Huang Zhi Xiang’ Oolong tea (Camellia sinensis) at various growing altitudes and seasons", Yulong Chena, Yueming Jianga, Jun Duana, John Shib, Sophia Xueb and Yukio Kakudac. South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, People’s Republic of China, Guelph Food Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 93 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 5C9, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1. Laboratory for Germplasm, Breeding and Molecular Biology, Tea Research Institute Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1 Yungi Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310008, P. R. China

4) "Separation of Catechin Compounds from Different Teas", Chun Hua Jin, Yinzhe Jin and Kyung Ho Row, Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. Biotechnology Journal, Volume 1 Issue 2, Pages 209 - 213, Published: 7 Feb 2006.

5) "Metabolite Profiling Using 1H NMR Spectroscopy for Quality Assessment of Green Tea, Camellia sinensis (L.)" Gwénaëlle Le Gall, Ian J. Colquhoun, and Marianne Defernez (2004). J. Agric. Food Chem., 52 (4), 692 -700, 2004.

6) Desai MJ, Armstrong DW (2004). Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. Analysis of derivatized and underivatized theanine enantiomers by high-performance liquid chromatography/atmospheric pressure ionization-mass spectrometry. 2004;18(3):251-6.

7) Kakuda T, Nozawa A, Unno T, Okamura N, Okai O (2000). Inhibition effects of theanine on caffeine stimulation evaluated by EEG in the rat. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2000 Feb; 64(2): 287-93.

8) Le Gall G, Colquhoun IJ, Defernez M (2004). Metabolite profiling using (1)H NMR spectroscopy for quality assessment of green tea, Camellia sinensis (L.). J Agric Food Chem. 2004 Feb 25;52(4):692-700.

9) Cooper R (2005). Medicinal Benefits of Green Tea. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 11:521-528.

10) "Tea: bioactivity and therapeutic potential", Yong-su Zhen, CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 0415273455, 9780415273459

11) "Green Tea Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All Causes in Japan", The Ohsaki Study, Shinichi Kuriyama, MD, PhD; Taichi Shimazu, MD; Kaori Ohmori, MD, PhD; Nobutaka Kikuchi, MD; Naoki Nakaya, PhD; Yoshikazu Nishino, MD, PhD; Yoshitaka Tsubono, MD, PhD; Ichiro Tsuji, MD, PhD, JAMA. 2006;296:1255-1265

12) "Green Tea Consumption and Mortality in Japan ", JAMA, Vol. 297 No. 4, January 24/31, 2007

13) "Histamine in Fish and Theanine in Tea - Two Cases for Employing Planar Chromatography". Prof. Dr. Karl Speer, S. Kretzschmar. H. Dunger, I. Kolling-Speer. Technische Universitat Dresden.

14) "Characterisation of white tea – Comparison to green and black tea", Y. Hilal and U. Engelhardt, Braunschweig University, Department of Food Chemistry, Braunschweig, Germany, 2007