Optimization of theaflavin biosynthesis from tea polyphenols using an immobilized enzyme system and response surface methodology

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-274

  Tu, You Ying ^a   Xu, Xin Qing ^b   Xia, Hui Long ^c   Watanabe, Naoharu ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Immobilized polyphenol oxidase; Response surface methodology; Tea polyphenol; Theaflavin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYMES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GREEN TEA; POLYPHENOLS; SURFACE METHODOLOGY; THEAFLAVINS;

PIGMENTS;

BIFLAVONOID; CATECHIN; CATECHOL OXIDASE; FLAVONOID; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOLS; THEAFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; TEA; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIFLAVONOIDS; CATECHIN; CATECHOL OXIDASE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; FLAVONOIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

EID: 15044362029     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-004-8292-4     Document Type: Article

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