TY - JOUR
AU - Yu, Ernest
AB - 253 28 28 6 6 Ernest K. C. Yu Allelix Inc. 6850 Goreway Drive L4V 1P1 Mississauga Ontario Canada Stake Technology Ltd. 208 Wyecroft Road L6K 3T8 Oakville Ontario Canada Summary Various monomeric and polymerized cyclodextrins were investigated for their potential application in decaffeination. Treatment of aqueous caffeine solutions with monomeric gammacyclodextrin resulted in a significant reduction in the caffeine content of solutions over a wide range of caffeine concentration. Polymerized beta- and gamma-cyclodextrins were also demonstrated to be effective in removing caffeine by either a batch or column decaffeination process. Under the as-yet unoptimized process conditions, caffeine reduction of around 80% could readily be achieved. The process was applicable to caffeine-containing beverages (including coffee, tea, cocoa, and cola drinks) as well as theobromine-containing beverages (such as cocoa).
TI - Novel decaffeination process using cyclodextrins
JF - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
DO - 10.1007/BF00250410
DA - 1988-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/novel-decaffeination-process-using-cyclodextrins-4moPTdAMjl
SP - 546
EP - 552
VL - 28
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -