MatchaDB

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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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7 studies match for “starch digestibility”

2023Journal article

Polyphenol-fortified extruded sweet potato starch vermicelli: Slow-releasing polyphenols is the main factor that reduces the starch digestibility.

Li Y, Niu L, Wu L, et al. — International journal of biological macromolecules

To investigate the digestive behavior of extruded starch-polyphenols system, extruded sweet potato starch vermicelli (ESPSV) was used as a model. The multi-scale structure, starch digestibility, polyphenol release, digestive enzyme …

Food science / processingAntioxidants and polyphenolsGut and microbiomeFood products and applicationsCited 27×
2021Journal article

Matcha-fortified rice noodles: Characteristics of in vitro starch digestibility, antioxidant and eating quality

Yun Li, Jianhui Xiao, Jin Tu, et al. — LWT

… with 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% (w/w) of MT, and assessed for in vitro starch digestibility. Addition of MT significantly (p < 0.05) decreased rapidly digestible starch (74.97–62.59%), increased resistant starch (7.56–25.94%), and …

In vitro / cell studyAntioxidants and polyphenolsGut and microbiomeProcessing, milling and qualityCited 66×
2023Journal articleFree to read

Comparison of in vitro starch digestibility and structure of matcha-fortified starch vermicelli from different botanical sources.

Li Y, Niu L, Sun C, et al. — Journal of the science of food and agriculture

… study to explore the utilization of polyphenols in complex digestive systems, starch‐based vermicelli was employed as the carrier and matcha (MT) was used as the source of polyphenols. Four percent MT was extruded with A‐, B‐, and C‐type …

In vitro / cell studyAntioxidants and polyphenolsGut and microbiomeFood products and applicationsCited 9×
2020Journal article

Effects of tea products on in vitro starch digestibility and eating quality of cooked rice using domestic cooking method.

Fu T, Niu L, Li Y, et al. — Food & function

… matcha (Mat) (1, 2 and 3% w/w, rice basis) were added to lower the in vitro starch digestibility and improve the eating quality of CR prepared with an electric rice cooker. The results showed that adding tea products at each level …

In vitro / cell studyGut and microbiomeProcessing, milling and qualityAroma, flavor and sensoryCited 30×
2024Journal articleFree to read

Enhancing nutritional and functional properties of rice starch by modification with Matcha extract.

Cetin-Babaoglu H, Aydın H, Kumas R, et al. — Food science & nutrition

The aim of this study is to increase the functionality of rice starch by modifying matcha tea extract and to determine the effect on some physicochemical properties and starch digestibility. According to the data analyzed, treatment with …

Other / not statedAntioxidants and polyphenolsGut and microbiomeCited 8×

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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