MUMBAI, India, Nov. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531110991 A) filed by Dr. Debapriya Maitra; Dr. Bedaprana Roy; Dr. Biswanath Ganguly; Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty; Dr. Raktim Pal; Dr. Piw Das; Dr. Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury; and Dr. Arup Kumar Mitra, Kolkata, West Bengal, on Nov. 13, for 'cost-effective method to produce a high-quality organic tea with enhanced therapeutic values.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Debapriya Maitra; Dr. Bedaprana Roy; Dr. Biswanath Ganguly; Dr. Ranadhir Chakraborty; Dr. Raktim Pal; Dr. Piw Das; Dr. Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury; and Dr. Arup Kumar Mitra.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 28, under issue no. 48/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a cost-effective method to produce a high-quality organic tea with enhanced therapeutic values. The method of the present invention comprises fortifying the tea-plants by adding a bioformulation to the soil of cultivation. The method of the present invention further comprises harvesting the leaves obtained from the fortified tea-plants and processing them by hot-water blanching and sun-drying. The method as provided by the present invention reduces the cost of the organic tea produced by 60-70% while exhibiting Total Phenolic Content (TPC) of 540 0.002 g GAE/g, Total Flavonoid Concentration (TFC) of 350 0.0003 g QE/g, Antioxidant potential of 82.1 0.01%, Antimicrobial potential measured as 11.9 0.01mm zone of inhibition, catechin content of 26.8 0.19, E-nose Nor aroma Index (N.I) score of 2.8 0.02 at neutral pH, and E-tongue Taster's score of 12 0.023 at neutral pH."
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