Simultaneous extraction and recovery of catechins using liquid membrane

Abstract

Liquid membrane LM technology has drawn attention of the research community since the early 90s and it has increased manifold in recent years This thesis aims at exploring the efficacy of LM technology for the separation and pre concentration of catechins from green tea leaves A suitable LM that can extract the catechins is identified through equilibrium study Experimentation with various solvents and carrier agents reveal that the sunflower oiltributyl phosphate TBP and n decane trybutyl