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Enrichment of Supercritical Extracts in beta-Sitosterol by Fractionation Process
Rochová, Kristina ; Sovová, Helena ; Sajfrtová, Marie ; Bártlová, Milena
The aim of this contribution was to use the extraction with supercritical CO2 coupled with fractionation of extract for preparation of extracts rich in beta-sitosterol. Phytosterols have been proved to lower serum cholesterol levels in humans and to have other benefit for human health. Supercritical extraction is a green method to separate such compounds from plants. Sea buckthorn seeds and sunflower seeds were extracted and a mathematical model was applied to determine separation factor of beta-sitosterol as minor component of extract. According to the obtained results, conditions of fractionation were set up. The most important enrichment of a part of extract from seeds with beta-sitosterol was achieved with fractionation in two separators (first separator kept at 15MPa and 50°C) and subsequent fractionation in time at the output of the second separator.
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Supercritical Extraction and Fractionation of Sea Buckthorn Oil: Beta-Sitosterol Selectivity to Oil
Rochová, Kristina ; Sovová, Helena
Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) contains large amounts of compounds important in the human diet and used in medicine, among others phytosterols, whose anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects have been proved. Phytosterols, particularly beta-sitosterol, occur in sea buckthorn oil. The oil was extracted from ground seeds with supercritical carbon dioxide at the temperatures 40 and 60 oC and pressures 15-28 MPa. Using HPLC analysis for beta-sitosterol, its selectivity to the oil was evaluated. The results enable us to increase the concentration of beta-sitosterol in the extract.
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