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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 “UV exposure”

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

This study aimed to quantitatively investigate the effects of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure duration (0, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 hours) on the caffeine concentration in matcha powder (Camellia sinensis), as measured by UV-Vis …

Sensory / consumerAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineProcessing, milling and quality
2026Journal articleFree to read

Oral whole-leaf matcha partially attenuates UV-induced dermoepidermal disruption and collagen phenotype alterations in a rat model of repeated photoaging.

Zorlu Ö, Karabağ S, Özkan M, et al. — Frontiers in medicine

Background Repeated ultraviolet (UV) exposure promotes oxidative stress, extracellular matrix remodeling, and disruption of dermoepidermal architecture, all of which contribute to skin photoaging. Although green tea derivatives have been …

Animal studyCognition, mood and stressAntioxidants and polyphenolsSkin, oral and dental
2026Journal articleFree to read

Effects of matcha green tea on the pharmacokinetics of nadolol in rats.

Mashaqbeh ET, El-Elimat T, Alshogran OY, et al. — PloS one

… matcha green tea, was quantified using HPLC with ultraviolet detection (HPLC-UV). A single oral dosage of matcha (250 mg/kg) had no statistically significant effects on the pharmacokinetics of nadolol compared to the control group (p > …

Animal studyAntioxidants and polyphenolsL-theanine and caffeineAuthenticity 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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