Extraction of active ingredients from green tea (Camellia sinensis): Extraction efficiency of major catechins and caffeine

Food Chemistry

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 597-605

  Perva Uzunalić, Amra ^a   Škerget, Mojca ^a   Knez, Željko ^a   Weinreich, Bernd ^b   Otto, Frank ^b   Grüner, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Raps GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Catechins; Green tea (Camellia sinensis); Raw and decaffeinated green tea extract; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; CAEMPHEROL; CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; MYRICETIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRESSURE; TEA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 28444475246     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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