title: Separation characteristics and component comparison of woody extracts of Illicium verum fruit.
abstract: Illicium verum was a medicinal plant containing many valuable active ingredients. However, the rich extracts from its fruit are invariably wasted for inefficient separation processes. To further utilize these resources, the four extracts were obtained. The results showed that the optimum extraction times for methanol/ethanol, ether/ethanol, benzene/ethanol, and petroleum ether/ethanol extraction were 3, 5, 9, and 5 h for each single extraction, respectively. Among the four methods, the third method was found to be optimum, and gave a maximum yield of 31.63%. It was suggested that the extracts could be used as rare spices, biomedicines, liquid bioenergy, etc.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Hunan Forest Products and Chemical Industry Engineering, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province College, Jishou University, Jishou, PR China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Hunan Forest Products and Chemical Industry Engineering, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization of Hunan Province College, Jishou University, Jishou, PR China.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Junbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Heping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D005638:Fruit; D029523:Illicium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts