Improved sample pre-treatment for determination of caffeine in tea using a cartridge filled with polyvinylpolypyrroridone (PVPP).

We have improved sample pre-treatment for the effective removal of polyphenols and simple analysis of caffeine in tea using a cartridge filled with polyvinylpolypyrroridone (PVPP). Nearly 100% of catechins were removed from the green tea sample and caffeine was completely recovered in the range of 98.2-101.3% by sample pre-treatment with a PVPP cartridge. Reproducibility of preparing PVPP pre-treatment cartridges was sufficient for quantitative analysis, because RSDs of analytical values for caffeine obtained by using three individual pre-treatment cartridges filled with 10-200 mg PVPP were 0.60-2.8%. The PVPP pre-treatment cartridge also removed polyphenols perfectly and recovered caffeine faultlessly from oolong and black tea samples. Comparison with the conventional method without sample pre-treatment indicated that the present pre-treatment method with a PVPP cartridge was useful for the simple and precise analysis of caffeine in green, oolong and black tea samples.

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