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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Nakahara, Osaka, JP;
Takahisa Fujii, Kyoto, JP;
Wataru Miki, Hyogo, JP;
Kenzoh Nagami, Osaka, JP;
Kunio Arai, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Suntory Limited, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/578 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/578 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a process for producing aromatic compounds or polymers thereof from a plant material in a short period of time and by a simple procedure. Concretely, the process treats the plant material with supercritical water or subcritical water to liberate aromatic compounds, which are contained in the plant material, and/or aromatic compounds, which have been generated upon decomposition of components of the plant material, to the outside of the plant material, and isolates the liberated aromatic compounds to produce aromatic compounds or polymers thereof.