Rooibos tea: Equilibrium and extraction kinetics of aspalathin

Food Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Jaganyi, Deogratius ^a   Wheeler, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspalathin; Extraction kinetics; Rooibos

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPALATHIN; CAFFEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTRACTION; INFUSION; JAPAN; KINETICS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; STEADY STATE; TEA; TEMPERATURE;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; KOBUS;

EID: 0041664996     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(03)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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