Patent ID: 8187656

Claim:
A purified green tea extract, which satisfies the following conditions (1), (2) and (3): (1) a ratio of a sum of content weights of (A) myricetin, (B) quercetin and (C) kaempferol to a sum of content weights of (D) epigallocatechin gallate and (E) gallocatechin gallate, ((A)+(B)+(C))/((D)+(E)), is from 0.0000001 to 0.010; (2) a sum of content weights of (D) the epigallocatechin gallate and (E) the gallocatechin gallate in non-polymer catechins, ((D)+(E)), is from 0.01 to 29 wt%; and (3) a percentage of gallate body in the non-polymer catechins is from 0.01 to 49 wt%.