Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of orotinin, orotinin-5-methyl ether and licoagrochalcone B from Patrinia villosa was performed. The optimization of parameters including pressure, temperature, modifier and sample particle size on yield was carried out using an analytical-scale SFE system. The process was then scaled up by 100 times using a preparative SFE system under the optimized conditi...

High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) has been successfully used for the separation of eight compounds from Chimonanthus praecox flowers. Firstly, the crude extract of Chimonanthus praecox flowers was dissolved in a two-phase solvent system composed of petroleum ether-ethyl acetate-methanol-H₂O (5:5:3:7, v/v) and divided into two parts: the upper phase (part I) and the lower phase (...

Carpesium abrotanoides L. is rich in sesquiterpene lactones, the experiments of anti-tumor activity vitro showed that total lactone extracts exhibited most cytotoxicity activities against HepG-2 cells (IC50 = 4.2 μg/mL). In order to isolated active compounds quickly, strategy HPLC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS combined with high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was implemented. Three compounds, 2...

High-speed counter-current chromatography methods, combined with solvent partition, were applied to the systematic separation and purification of chemical components from Chinese medicinal herb Polygonum multiflorum extract. The aim of this paper is summing up the rules of solvent system selection for diverse fractions of herbal extract, and establishing the systematic pattern to screen the bio...

High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) with a two-phase solvent system composed of n-hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol-water system (5:5:7:5, v/v) was applied to the isolation and purification of alkaloids from the Chinese medicinal plant Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. Five kinds of alkaloids were obtained and yielded 28 mg of evodiamine (I), 19 mg of rutaecarpine (II), 21 mg of evocar...

A high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) method for separation and purification of coumarins from Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cusson was developed by using stepwise elution with a pair of two-phase solvent system composed of light petroleum-ethyl acetate-methanol-water at volume ratios of 5:5:5:5, 5:5:6:4 and 5:5:6.5:3.5. Five kinds of coumarins were obtained and yielded 7.6 mg of xanthoto...

Methods for the isolation of lipophilic pigments from crude extracts of plant materials (spinach and sweet corn) by high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) were developed. Particular attention was given to (all-E)-lutein and (all-E)-zeaxanthin. However, the concomitant pigments neoxanthin, violaxanthin and beta-carotene as well as chlorophylls a and b were also considered. Furthermore...