Recycling of Tea Waste: Simple and Effective Separation of Caffeine and Catechins by Microwave Assisted Extraction (MAE)

This study was designed to develop a cost effective green extraction method to separate valuable chemicals from black tea waste (BTW) and tea dust called “caffeine dust” (CD). These materials are totally unwanted residue and treated as rubbish. Two extraction methods were used for extraction of wast...

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Main Authors: Gönül Serdar, Ezgi Demir, Münevver Sökmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Journal of Secondary Metabolite 2017-02-01
Series:International Journal of Secondary Metabolite
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijsm/issue/27381/288226?publisher=ijate