CO2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Oleoresins from Sea Buckthorn Pomace: Evidence of Advanced Bioactive Profile and Selected Functionality.

The processing of sea buckthorn generates a significant amount of pomace, seeds and skin considered valuable sources of health-promoting macromolecules, such as carotenoids, pectin, flavonoids, phytosterols, polyunsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols. In this study, the bioactives from sea buckthorn pomace (SBP) were extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide (SFE-CO2), at different temperatures and pressures, allowing for obtaining four fractions according to separators (S40 and S45). The highest carotenoid content of 396.12 ± 1.02 mg/g D.W. was found in the S40 fraction, at extraction parameters of 35 °C/45 MPa, yielding an antioxidant activity of 32.10 ± 0.17 mMol TEAC/g D.W. The representative carotenoids in the extract were zeaxanthin, ß-carotene and lycopene, whereas all enriched SFE-CO2 extracts contained α-, ß- and δ-tocopherol, with α-tocopherol representing around 82% of all fractions. ß-sitosterol was the major phytosterol in the fractions derived from S45. All fractions contained significant fatty acids, with a predominance of linoleic acid. Remarkably, the enriched extracts showed a significant palmitoleic acid content, ranging from 53 to 65 µg/g. S40 extracts showed a good antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966, whereas S45 extracts showed a growth inhibition rate of 100% against Aspergillus niger after three days of growth. Our results are valuable, and they allow identifying the different profiles of extracts with many different applications in food, pharmaceutics, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals.

Hydroxytyrosol-Fortified Foods Obtained by Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Olive Oil.

A new original process has been set-up to obtain hydroxytyrosol-enriched food by means of CO2 supercritical fluid extraction. The process is based on the direct adsorption of hydroxytyrosol on selected foodstuff (e.g., flour, whole-wheat flour, and sugar) when placed in contact with olive oil (which is known to contain this phenol) under controlled temperature and pressure conditions of supercritical CO2. The transfer of the nutraceutical to the foodstuff was initially evaluated using a fortified olive oil model and was then applied to commercial olive oil and foodstuff. The yield of the hydroxytyrosol transfer was demonstrated to be quantitative. In order to prove the suitability of the final products, hydroxytyrosol-enriched flour was used to prepare a bread roll, which maintained the nutraceutical characteristics after the cooking. Finally, DPPH based experiments were performed to prove the radical scavenging activity of the functionalized foodstuff.

Study on the Extraction Technology of Fructus Gleditisae Abnormalis and GC-MS Analysis of Extracted Com- ponents / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE：To establish and optimize a extraction method of Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormallis ，and to analyze and identify chemical components of the extract simultaneously. METHODS ：Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormallis was extracted with CO 2 supercritical fluid extraction （SFE）method. Based on single factor tests ，using extraction yield as index ，extraction temperature ， extraction pressure and extraction time as investigation factors ，SFE technology was optimized with orthogonal test ，and validation test was performed. Chemical components in the extract were identified by GC-MS. Relative percentage of each component was calculated with area normalization method. RESULTS ：The optimal SFE extraction technology of Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormallis was extraction temperature of 60 ℃，extraction pressure of 300 MPa and pression time of 15 min. Average extraction of 3 times of validation tests was 1.73％（RSD＝1.78％，n＝3）. The 48 components in the extracts of Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormallis were identified，which accounted for 98.31％ of the total amount of the extracts. The extracts of Fructus Gleditisae Abnormalis mainly included organic acids ，accounting for 36.99％，followed by alkaloids ，accounting for 12.59％ in total. Main components were palmitic acid （16.62％），oleic acid （14.12％），N-aminotetrahydropyrrole（9.79％），2，6-dimethyloctane-1，7-dien-3-ol（5.95％）， tetrahydropyran（3.83％），vanillin（3.39％），etc. CONCLUSIONS ：SFE method of Fructus Gleditisae Abnormalis is established successfully，and the extract is mainly organic acids.

Extraction of Astaxanthin and Lutein from Microalga Haematococcus pluvialis in the Red Phase Using CO2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction Technology with Ethanol as Co-Solvent.

Astaxanthin and lutein, antioxidants used in nutraceutics and cosmetics, can be extracted from several microalgal species. In this work, investigations on astaxanthin and lutein extraction from Haematococcus pluvialis (H. pluvialis) in the red phase were carried out by means of the supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) technique, in which CO2 supercritical fluid was used as the extracting solvent with ethanol as the co-solvent. The experimental activity was performed using a bench-scale reactor in semi-batch configuration with varying extraction times (20, 40, 60, and 80 min), temperatures (50, 65, and 80 °C) and pressures (100, 400, and 550 bar). Moreover, the performance of CO2 SFE with ethanol was compared to that without ethanol. The results show that the highest astaxanthin and lutein recoveries were found at 65 °C and 550 bar, with ~18.5 mg/g dry weight (~92%) astaxanthin and ~7.15 mg/g dry weight (~93%) lutein. The highest astaxanthin purity and the highest lutein purity were found at 80 °C and 400 bar, and at 65 °C and 550 bar, respectively.

Studies on HSCCC preparation technology of diterpenoidtanshinone and its antitumor activity in vitro / 中草药

To optimize the solvent system of high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) for diterpenoidtanshinone separation and define it's antitumor activity in vitro. Total diterpenoidtanshinone was made by CO2 supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), UPLC was applied to determining the peak area of tanshinone IIA and cryptotanshinone in different solvents up or under phase, and the partition coefficient K values of them were calculated. CKK-8 was used to observe the inhibitory effects of diterpenoidtanshinone on human liver cancer (QGY-7703), lung cancer (PC9, A549), gastric cancer (MKN-45, HGC-27), colon cancer (HCT116), myeloma (U266, RPMI8226), and breast cancer (MCF-7). The best solvent system for HSCCC was petroleum ether-ethyl acetate-methanol-aqua (12∶8∶ 13∶7). The yield of diterpenoidtanshinone was 8.65%. Diterpenoidtanshinone has good effect of antitumor in vitro especially on human PC9 cell. The selected solvent system is suitable for diterpenoidtanshinone separation by HSCCC, and the established HSCCC method is reliable and easy for operating. Diterpenoidtanshinone has good antitumor effect in vitro.

GC-MS Analysis of Chemical Compositions of Essential Oils of Eupatorium fortunei Extracted by CO_2-Supercritical-Fluid-Extraction or Steam Distillation Extraction / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the chemical compositions of the essential oils of Eupatorium fortunei extracted by CO2-supercritical-fluid-extraction(SFE-CO2) vs.steam distillation extraction(SD).METHODS: The essential oils of the E.fortunei were extracted by SD vs.SFE-CO2.The chemical components were separated and analyzed by GC-MS.RESULTS: 31 compounds were identified in the essential oils of E.fortunei extracted by SFE-CO2,accounting for 75.97% of the peak area of the total ion-current chromatogram,with 2-propenoic acid-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-ethyl ester showing the highest proportion(40.50%).21 compounds were identified in the essential oils of E.fortunei extracted by SD,accounting for 51.70% of the peak area of the total ion-current chromatogram,with caryophyllene showing the highest proportion(10.35%).13 components were mutual in both extraction methods.The contents of the components varied greatly.CONCLUSION: SFE-CO2 is more stable and reliable and reproducible than SD,and it is more applicable for the extraction of the essential oils from Chinese herbal medicine.

Extraction of Volatile Oil from Marchantia Convoluta by CO_2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Analysis by GC-MS / 中药新药与临床药理

Objective To optimize the experimental condition for CO 2 supercritical fluid extraction(SFE)of volatile oil from Marchantia convoluta andto analyse the extract.Methods Orthogonaltestwas applied.SFEtechnology was usedto optimize the extractionconditionfor volatile oilfrom Marchantia convoluta and the solventextractionwas useda s the control.The extract was analyzed by GC-MS and HPLC.Results The optimal extraction conditions f or the volatile oil were:pressure at15MPa,heatingtemperatureat50℃,addingt hemodifier ofalcohol30mLtoextractfor2h,flowingratebeing10L /hand theabsorbefa-cient solution being alcohol .Twent y -three peaks were isolated and 19components were identified,accounting 82.61%.Conclusion SFEmethodhas theadvantages of shorterextractiontimeandhighextractionefficiencyas comparedwiththet radi-tionalsolventextraction.

Identification of compounds in supercritical CO_2 extraction from Hypericum Perforatum L. by HPLC / 中成药

AIM: To identify and determine compounds in supercritical CO_2 extraction from Hypericum perforatum L. METHODS: The contents of flavones and hyperforin were determined by reverse phase HPLC.The condition in supercritical fluid extraction(SFE) was: extraction temperature at 40 ?C,extraction pressure at 20 MPa,separation temperature at 45 ?C,separation presure at 8 MPa,extraction time 1 h. RESULTS: There was no flavones and the content of hyperforin was 180.6 mg/g in the sample of SFE using neat CO_2.The flavones and hyperforin were found in SFE extract using ethanol as modifier and the contents of rutin,quercetin,hyperoside,hyperforin were 1.10 mg/g、1.84 mg/g、1.33 mg/g、26.19 mg/g,respectively. CONCLUSION: The concentration of hyperforin by SFE with neat CO_2 is significantly higher than that with modified supercritical CO_2 extraction. The method of SFE with neat CO_2 can be used to prepare extracts with high concentration hyperforin.

Recent Development of CO_2 Supercritical Fluid Extraction / 医疗卫生装备

Through consulting the domestic and foreign literatures,CO2 supercritical fluid technique is expounded including development overview,corresponding principle and characteristic.The CO2 supercritical fluid extraction is widely applied in many fields and the five application of chemical industry,food,medicine,biotechnology and tissue engineering are emphatically summarized,and meanwhile,the application prospect of the supercritical fluid technology is predicted.