Studies on the ‘fermentation’ of ceylon
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M. S. Ramaswamy; J. Lamb
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Article
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1958
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Fermenting tea leaf produces methanol as the result of enzymic demethylation of pectins contained in the leaf. The enzyme concerned (which was isolated and purified) is very similar to pectin‐methylesterases found in other plants. The activity of tea pectin‐methylesterase is partially