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Supercritical fluid CO2 extraction of three polymethoxyflavones from Citri reticulatae pericarpium and subsequent
Tao Long1, Xiaojian Lv1, Yin Xu1
1Hubei Key Laboratory for Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, Huanggang Normal University, Huangzhou, China.
Abstract:
Polymethoxyflavones (PMFs) are widely found in Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (CRP) and have been investigated with a broad spectrum of biological activities as well as health promoting properties. However, separation of the PMFs from a complex sample, especially preparative separation of these PMFs with high purity, remains challenging. In the present study, an efficient method based on supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and continuous high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) has been developed for extracting and preparative purification PMFs from CRP. Various experimental conditions were investigated to optimize the SFE and HSCCC processes. Under these optimized conditions, crude extract of CRP (extract I) was obtained with a maximum contents of nobiletin, 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone and tangeretin. Further extraction of crude extract I was carried out to obtain crude extract II, which was further isolated and purified by HSCCC. It was worth mentioned that continuous injection HSCCC process were realized without lost of separation efficiency, which allowed for multiple purification cycles and therefore saved a lot of labor and time. Furthermore, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was employed to analyze the fractions separated by HSCCC, which revealed that the purities of the three PMFs were all above 98%. The structures of the three PMFs were identified by LC-MS and 1H NMR spectroscopy.
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