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Current understanding on antibacterial mechanisms and research progress of tea polyphenols as a supplementary disinfectant for drinking water
2022
Journal of Water and Health
Disinfection by-products (DBPs) generated during the disinfection of drinking water have become an urgent problem. So, tea polyphenol, a natural green disinfectant, has attracted widespread attention in recent years. This review summarizes the antibacterial mechanism of tea polyphenols and the recent findings on tea polyphenols as disinfectants for drinking water. These studies show that tea polyphenol is an antibacterial agent that works through different mechanisms and can be used as a
doi:10.2166/wh.2022.062
pmid:36448612
fatcat:ozyj42flyvfunbewpfs26rffsy