Tea is the most popular nonalcoholic beverage worldwide for its pleasant characteristics and healthful properties. Catechins, theanine and caffeine are the major natural products in tea buds and leaves that determine tea qualities such as infusion colors, tastes and fragrances, as well as their health benefits. | Metabolite profiling and transcriptomic analyses reveal an essential role of UVR8- mediated signal transduction pathway in regulating flavonoid biosynthesis in tea plants Camellia sinensis in response to shading
