Production of green tea EGC- and EGCG-enriched fractions by a two-step extraction procedure

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Bazinet, Laurent ^a,b   Labbé, David ^a,b   Tremblay, Angelo ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caffein; Catechins; Solubilization; Temperature; Time

Indexed keywords

BREWERIES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHENOLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAFFEIN; CATECHINS; GREEN TEA; SOLUBILIZATION; TIME DEPENDENT COMPOUND;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 34248663813     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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