title: Extraction methods of natural products from Traditional Chinese medicines.
abstract: In recent years, many research activities have focused on Natural Products (NPs) derived from Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), thus making a renaissance in the drug discovery process of TCMs. Maximizing the diversity of extracts from those plants is the key for the chemical biology process. Methods for the preparation and pretreatment of plant extracts are very important for further purification and discovery of active compounds present in minor quantities. In this chapter, two methods of extraction, including one of the most broadly applicable method (solvent extraction) and one newly developed technique (supercritical fluid extraction), have been described in detail.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
authors.forename: Jingyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ayokunmi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oyeleye
authors.forename: Miaomiao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xueting
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D005591:Chemical Fractionation / Q000379:methods*; D059625:Liquid-Liquid Extraction / Q000379:methods; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012997:Solvents