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Effective on‐line high‐speed shear dispersing emulsifier technique coupled with high‐performance countercurrent chromatography method for simultaneous extraction and isolation of carotenoids from Lycium barbarum L. fruits
Author(s) -
Gong Yuan,
Huang XinYi,
Liu JianFei,
Pei Dong,
Duan WenDa,
Zhang Xia,
Sun Xiao,
Di DuoLong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.202000215
Subject(s) - countercurrent chromatography , chromatography , chemistry , high performance liquid chromatography , solvent , extraction (chemistry) , elution , organic chemistry
An efficient combination strategy based on high‐speed shear dispersing emulsifier technique and high‐performance countercurrent chromatography was developed for on‐line extraction and isolation of carotenoids from the fruits of Lycium barbarum . In this work, the high‐speed shear dispersing emulsifier technique has been employed to extract crude extracts using the upper phase of high‐performance countercurrent chromatography solvent system composed of n ‐hexane−dichloromethane−acetonitrile (10:4:6.5, v/v) as the extraction solvent. At the separation stage, the high‐performance counter‐current chromatography process adopts elution–extrusion mode and the upper phase of the solvent system as stationary phase (reverse‐phase mode). As a result, three compounds including zeaxanthin, zeaxanthin monopalmitate, and zeaxanthin dipalmitate with purities of 89, 90, and 93% were successfully obtained in one extraction‐separation operation within 120 min. The targeted compounds were analyzed and identified by high‐performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy. The results indicated that the present on‐line combination method could serve as a simple, rapid, and effective way to achieve weak polar and unstable compounds from natural products.