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Oil extracts of herbal drugs--optimisation of the extraction parameters
M Heldmaier1, J Beyer-Koschitzke, E Stahl-Biskup
1Division of Pharmaceutical Biology and Microbiology, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The plant constituents of fourty two olive oil extracts from chamomile flowers [Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert] were analysed by means of GC, VIS-spectrometry, and HPLC in order to assess the effectiveness of the traditional extraction methods of the German Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HAB 2008). The influence of the extraction temperature and the extraction period as well as the influence of stirring during the extraction period and of a pre-treatment of the herbal drug with ethanol 94% on the extraction efficiency was also studied. The results are presented in the form of transfer ratios with regard to the essential oil, the carotenoids, coumarins, flavonoids and the phenolcarboxylic acids.
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