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Isolation of plant products by supercritical‐fluid extraction
Author(s) -
Jarvis Andrew P.,
Morgan E. David
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
phytochemical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1099-1565
pISSN - 0958-0344
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1565(199709/10)8:5<217::aid-pca366>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - chemistry , supercritical fluid extraction , supercritical fluid , supercritical fluid chromatography , chromatography , steam distillation , extraction (chemistry) , solvent extraction , distillation , gas chromatography , organic chemistry
Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of plant materials began with industry and moved to the laboratory, along with supercritical‐fluid chromatography, as high pressure systems became available. SFE has been applied to several groups of non‐polar compounds, including essential oils, other flavour and fragrance compounds, medicinal compounds, lipids, carotenes and alkaloids. Each of these groups are reviewed in turn, together with the conditions used for their extraction. Information comparing the efficiency of SFE with solvent extraction or steam distillation would be valuable but is not always available. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.