IIT Kharagpur develops polyphenol extraction tech

  • 30/11/2005

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

The Science and Technology Entrepreneur Park (STEP) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur has developed 'laboratory scale technology' for extraction of polyphenol from green tea leaves, which has become popular as a raw material for the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries. The price of polyphenol powder could be between Rs 1,000-5,000 per gm. Polyphenols, polymers of phenol, have the property of reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.