PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLAVORANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS

摘要

A process for producing flavorants made or derived from tobacco or, more generally, made or derived from any biomass derived from any one or more species of genus Nicotiana, or that otherwise incorporate tobacco, is provided. Provided are flavorants obtained or derived from plants or portions of plants from the Nicotiana species, such as from one or more flowers from one or more Nicotiana species, and products comprising one or more such flavorants.

主权项

1. A process for producing one or more sensory-positive ester flavorants from a quantity of biomass of a plant of a Nicotiana species, the process comprising:
(a) contacting the quantity of biomass with a quantity of hexanes to form a first mixture; (b) collecting a liquid phase of the first mixture to from a collected liquid; (c) concentrating the collected liquid to form a concrete; (d) dissolving the concrete in a minimal quantity of an alcohol solvent to form a reconstituted liquid; (e) precipitating the reconstituted liquid to form a precipitated wax and an unprecipitated mixture; (f) collecting the unprecipitated mixture; (g) contacting the unprecipitated mixture with a quantity of an acidified alcohol mixture to form a reaction mixture for a period of time sufficient for the formation of ester linkages between one or more components of the unprecipitated mixture and one or components of the acidified alcohol mixture; thereby producing one or more sensory-positive ester flavorants.