Research Article

Infrared and Terahertz Spectra of Pu’er White Tea with Different Degrees of Oxidation

Table 1

Attribution of absorption peak of white tea [3133].

Absorption peakCharacteristic vibration

3400~3300 cm-1O-H and N-H stretching vibrations of proteins and polysaccharides
Near 2929 cm-1Antisymmetric stretching vibration of fatty saturated hydrocarbon chain methylene-CH2
Near 2871 cm-1C-H antisymmetric and symmetric stretching vibration
Near 1698 cm-1C=O stretching vibration on the benzene ring of catechin gallate
Near 1654 cm-1The stretching vibration of C=O
Near 1544 cm-1C=C skeleton vibration on benzene ring
Near 1455 cm-1-OH in-plane bending vibration
Near 1376 cm-1C-H symmetric bending vibration of methyl groups in phenolic substances
Near 1240 cm-1Stretching vibration of phenolic C-O
Near 1145 cm-1C-O-C asymmetric stretching vibration
Near 1041 cm-1C-O-C symmetric stretching vibration
Near 827 cm-1=C-H stretching vibration on 1,3-disubstituted benzene
Near 763 cm-1=C-H stretching vibration on 1,2-disubstituted benzene
Near 613 cm-1Stretching vibration produced by substituting -H with benzene