Conversion of non-α-tocopherols to α-tocopherol in a fixed bed reactor

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 561-565

  Chen, Ming ^a   Wu, Caijuan ^a   Ren, Qilong ^a   Yang, Yiwen ^a   Huang, Mei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conversion; Fixed bed reactor; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FORMALDEHYDE;

FIXED BED REACTORS; TOCOPHEROLS;

BIOCONVERSION;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FIXED BED;

EID: 8644259195     PISSN: 10049541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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