Capacity of Tea Scavenging Singlet Oxygen Studied by Means of 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofuran as Fluorescence Probe

In recent years, the effects of reactive oxygen species（ROS） generated in the course of biological metabolism, such as superoxide（O2 ）, hydrogen peroxide（H202）, hydroxyl radical（HO） and singlet oxygen（102） on the human health have received more attention due to their vital roles in physiological functions. Normally, antioxidant molecules, superoxide dismutase and catalase in biological organism can scavenge excessive free radicals by a series of chemical reactions to keep the cells in a state of redox homeostasis. Once the homeostasis has been broken,