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This book is the outcome of 12 years of the authors and his teams research. This research work is patented. The main objective of this work is to produce a highly bio available catechins extracts from fresh tea leaves. The objective is achieved and justified through few clinical trials. In this book, the innovative process informations and various process equipments and process systems used in phytopharmaceuticals industry is detailed.This book is useful for the phytopharmaceuticals industry, design engineers, process engineers and students.This invention shall be extended to other live plant materials to produce bio active compounds.

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Maran, Samuel Prem Mathi
Dr. S.Prem Mathi Maran is a Phyto pharmaceuticals expert having designed and installed many commercial extraction systems worldwide. He has 18 years of experience in this field. He has invented many process in the field of phytopharmaceuticals extractions and few of them are patented. His other areas of expertise is on botanical drug discovery.

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