The contents of carotenoid, polyphenol and vitamin C of flue-cured tobacco strips of upper and middle leaves from six raw material bases, China Tobacco Guizhou Industrial Co., Ltd, were analyzed, to study the trend of antioxidant substances of different producing areas and leaf positions during the process of aging. The results showed that, during aging, the decomposition of antioxidant substances was mainly oxidative decomposition, and the contents of carotenoids, polyphenol and vitamin C showed trends of declining. Carotenoids decomposition o...