CPC A24B 15/241 (2013.01) [A24B 15/26 (2013.01); A24B 15/12 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A method of extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from tobacco material, the method comprising the steps of:
i) providing tobacco material;
ii) subjecting the tobacco material to steam distillation; and
iii) extracting one or more volatile compounds of interest from the tobacco material with a solvent, wherein the solvent is a mixture of pentane and diethyl ether;
wherein distillation step (ii) and extraction step (iii) are carried out simultaneously and at a pH of no greater than 2, and wherein the period during which both the distillation step (ii) and the extraction step (iii) are carried out is from about 8 to about 20 hours.
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