Isolation and purification of neohesperidin reference substance from Fructus Aurantii / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Objective To isolate and purify high-purity neohesperidin from Fructus Aurantii extract.Methods Fructus Aurantii extract was treated by macroporous resin and extracted by n-butanol, then concentrated and some solid was precipitated.After crystallizing the precipitate three times, neohesperidin was obtained.The concentration of n-butanol extract was optimized, which was of great importance in the whole preparation.Results The yield of neohesperidin was 48.6% and purity of neohesperidin was up to 98.7% in Fructus Aurantii extract.Conclusion High-purity neohesperidin could be prepared feasibly and economically by proposed method.