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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Yukihiro Aoshima, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Nakai, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Katano, Osaka, JP;
Asako Okada, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiro Aoshima, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Nakai, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Katano, Osaka, JP;
Asako Okada, Osaka, JP;
Suntory Holdings Limited, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a process and an apparatus by means of which a composition that contains episesamin in a concentration greater than 50 wt % on the basis of the sum weight of sesamin and episesamin can be produced conveniently and at high yield. There are provided a process and an apparatus which comprise the step of applying epimerization to sesamin or a sesamin-containing composition so that at least part of the sesamin is converted to episesamin and the step of selectively crystallizing episesamin by recrystallization and by means of which a composition that contains episesamin in a concentration greater than 50 wt % can be produced conveniently and at high yield.