The aim of preliminary research was to establish the chemical composition and antioxidant properties specifically of Ceylon teas. These were Dilmah teas.
Information on how altitude, soil type, weather, processing and freshness affected the antioxidants was assessed, adding to the collection of knowledge on existing studies that showed tea flavonoids to have antioxidant and anti-mutagenic activities.
The researcher and Dilmah brand, that owns the intellectual property in Jayasekera's report, don’t comment the data yet, but Professor Paul Moughan, director of the Riddet Institute said that the results of the tea research were so encouraging that it was planned to follow up with human studies.
