title: Recent extraction techniques for natural products: microwave-assisted extraction and pressurised solvent extraction.
abstract: In the last 10 years there has been an increased interest in using techniques involving microwave-assisted extraction and pressurised solvent extraction in analytical laboratories. This review gives a brief overview of both methods, and reports on their application to the extraction of natural products. The influence of parameters such as the nature of the solvent and volume, temperature, time and particle size of the matrix is discussed. Through numerous examples, it is demonstrated that both techniques allow reduced solvent consumption and shorter extraction times, while the extraction yields of the analytes are equivalent to or even higher than those obtained with conventional methods.
authors.affiliation: University of Geneva, School of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, 20 bd d'Yvoy, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Béatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christen
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D008872:Microwaves; D010316:Particle Size; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011312:Pressure; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012997:Solvents