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Survey of solvents for the extraction of grape seed phenolics
Author(s) -
Kallithraka Stamatina,
GarciaViguera Cristina,
Bridle Peter,
Bakker Johanna
Publication year - 1995
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/pca.2800060509
Subject(s) - chemistry , gallic acid , acetone , diethyl ether , ethyl acetate , catechin , phenols , extraction (chemistry) , chromatography , ethanol , solvent , methanol , proanthocyanidin , organic chemistry , ether , butanol , petroleum ether , polyphenol , antioxidant
The effect of different solvents on the extraction of some phenolic compounds from grape seeds was investigated. The main compounds identified by high performance liquid chromatography were gallic acid, (+)‐catechin, (‐)‐epicatechin, the dimeric procyanidins B1 and B2, the trimeric procyanidin C1 and epicatechin gallate. The solvents tested were water, absolute ethanol, 75% ethanol, acetone, 70% acetone, methanol, n ‐butanol, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate and a combination of diethyl ether followed by ethyl acetate. Results showed that methanol was the best solvent for the extraction of (+)‐catechin, (‐)‐epicatechin and epigallocatechin, whereas 70% acetone yielded the largest amounts of procyanidins and 75% ethanol yielded the largest amount of gallic acid. The greatest amount of total phenols was extracted by 70% acetone.