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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.”

359 studies match for “green tea”

2018Journal article

Changes on Physicochemical and Matcha Quality of Tea Leaves (Camellia sinensis) under Shading Cultivation

Jung Gyu Hwang, Doobo Shim, Hyeon Jeong Im, et al. — 한국차학회지

Morphologic and physicochemical changes of shading cultivated tea (Camellia sinensis) tree leaves were investigated during 26 days with 95% shading treatment. Shading cultivation showed higher leaf area (10%) and moisture content (12%) …

Agronomy / cultivationAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineCultivation and shadingCited 4×
2025Journal articleFree to read

VLIV NÁPLNĚ NA SENZORICKOU HODNOTU PLNĚNÝCH ČOKOLÁDOVÝCH CUKROVINEK / EFFECT OF FILLING ON THE SENSORY VALUE OF FILLED CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY

Veronika Šafránková, Renáta Dufková, Luděk Hřivna, et al.

ABSTRAKT Byl zkoumán vliv různých náplní na senzorickou hodnotu plněných čokoládových cukrovinek.Byly vyrobeny pralinky s pěti variantami náplní.Byl hodnocen jejich vzhled, textura, chuť a celkový dojem.Bylo potvrzeno, že přídavek chia…

Sensory / consumerAroma, flavor and sensoryFood products and applications
2026Journal articleFree to read

Do Sweeteners Alter the Effects of Matcha? The Study of Natural versus Artificial Sweeteners on the Cognitive and Locomotive Activity of Drosophila melanogaster

Karalyn King, Helen Nguyen

Drosophila melanogaster were fed matcha green tea combined with either honey or Splenda over ten days, and assessed for survival, weight, locomotor performance and memory. Survival and memory were unaffected, but the high-sugar honey diet …

Other / not statedCognition, mood and stressMetabolism and weight
2026Journal articleFree to read

The Maintenance and Repair Balance Theory of Aging: A Personal, Illustrated Hypothesis on Why Aging May Be a Problem of Damage, Not Time

Mahin BS — Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

… factors), follistatin gene therapy, and compounds such as the catechins in green tea and matcha may actively widen repair capacity. It also singles out the two great accelerators of damage, smoking and alcohol, and closes with a piece …

Other / not statedCognition, mood and stressMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenols
2024Journal article

Physiological Activity and Component Changes with Magnesium Treatment before Tea Shade Cultivation

The Korean Tea Society, Changhyun Sung, Jung Gyu Hwang, et al.

… the 2nd and 3rd seasons to improve the productivity and quality of powdered green tea (matcha). On the 21st day of shading, the photosynthetic capacity was investigated using a portable chlorophyll fluorometer, and leaf chromaticity …

Agronomy / cultivationMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeine
2019Journal articleFree to read

Food from Nowhere: Complicating Cultural Food Colonialism to Understand Matcha as Superfood

Nick Dreher — Graduate Journal of Food Studies

… eaters abstract | Matcha has served as the focal point of the Japanese tea ceremony, chanoyu, for hundreds of years.More recently, this powdered green tea has arrived on the shores of North America as one of the latest superfood …

Other / not statedAuthenticity and analytical methodsMarket, culture and sustainabilityCognition, mood and stressCited 3×
2025Journal articleFree to read

Розробка лінійки косметичних засобів для обличчя з екстрактом зеленого чаю Matcha

Матвій Іванович Зоря — Institutional Repository of National University of Food Technologies

Я як здобувач(ка) Національного університету харчових технологій розумію і підтримую політику університету з академічної доброчесності.Я не надавав(-ла) і не одержував(-ла) недозволеної допомоги під час підготовки цієї роботи.Використання…

Other / not statedSkin, oral and dentalProcessing, milling and qualityFood products and applications
2022Journal articleFree to read

Quality, health efficacy and application researches on Matcha

Fanglan Li, Jiangxiong Zhu, WEI Xinlin, et al. — DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

In recent years, Matcha has attracted more attention from many consumers worldwidely due to its unique flavor. Drinking or eating Matcha has multiple health efficacies. Herein, this paper reviewed the potential effects of Matcha processing…

Observational (human)Processing, milling and qualityCognition, mood and stressAroma, flavor and sensory
2016Journal article

The effects of the aqueous extract and residue of Matcha on the antioxidant status and lipid and glucose levels in mice fed a high-fat diet.

Xu P, Ying L, Hong G, et al. — Food & function

Matcha is a kind of powdered green tea produced by grinding with a stone mill. In the present study, the preventive effects of the aqueous extract (water-soluble) and residue (water-insoluble) of Matcha on the antioxidant status and lipid …

Animal studyCognition, mood and stressMetabolism and weightAntioxidants and polyphenolsCited 37×

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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