The quickening pace of business caused one of Europe’s leading independent testing laboratories to seek an alternative to the standard solvent extraction/acid hydrolysis (Soxhlet) method for testing the amount of fat in a variety of foods. This contract laboratory, with numerous sites throughout the UK and Ireland, provides quality control analytical services to the food industry. By converting...

Citrus peels were successively extracted with hexane, chloroform and acetone using a soxhlet extractor. The hexane and chloroform extracts were fractionated into alcohol-soluble and alcohol-insoluble fractions. These fractions were tested against different gram positive and gram negative bacteria. The EtOH-soluble fraction was found to be most effective. Fractionation of EtOH-soluble fraction o...

To study oil contents and fatty acid composition among the samples of Jatropha curcas L. seeds were collected from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Soxhlet extraction method and gas chromatography (GC) were employed to determine the oil contents of Jatropha seeds and the fatty acid composition of Jatropha oil. The seed oil contents (dry basis) was 46.27% .Physicochemical properties shows acid value (36.4...

The present study evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of petroleum ether extract, ethanolic extract and aqueous extract of ocimum sanctum Linn (karunthulasi leaves). Extract was carried out using soxhlet apparatus. These three extract were subject to phytochemical analysis in order to find out the constituents present in the sample. Secondly, HRBC membrane stabilization was selected for fur...

Pressurized Solvent Extraction (PSE) is a modern extraction method that has been developed as an alternative to traditional methods such as Soxhlet or maceration; it offers advantages with respect to extraction time and solvent consumption. BUCHI’s SpeedExtractor enables the simultaneous extraction of six samples with maximum reproducibility and low solvent usage. Polyphenols and active compoun...

Citrullus colocynthis (Linn.) Schrad. is an important medicinal plant belonging to family Cucurbitaceae. Flavonoid "quercetin" was isolated from in vivo (leaf, stem, fruit and root) and in vitro callus of the species. The dried samples were separately soxhlet extracted in 80% methanol and then reextracted with petroleum ether, diethyl ether and ethyl acetate. The fraction was concentrated and s...

  In order to find an alternative source for the highly unsaturated fatty acids oil with lower cost, a marine trash fish Odonus niger has been analysed and characterised. The body weight and the corresponding liver weight of the fish were studied and the results showed that for one gram increase in the size of the animal, the liver weight can increase to 0.04 g. The oil yielding capacity of the...

Regarding the high prevalence of cancer, research on medicinal plants have been increased due to their availability, cost, and the presence of anticancer compounds. Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum, also called watercress, is a plant from the Brassicaceae family which has large amounts of antioxidants. The present study aimed to examine the antioxidant properties and the phenolic, flavonoid, and an...

Background & Aim:Medicinal plants are rich sources of substances with nutraceutical and health benefits. Valeriana officinalis L. (Valerianaceae) is a known medicinal plant used in traditional medicine throughout the world. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficiencies of three methods for antioxidant extraction from Valeriana officinalis</...

Carthamin, the natural dye of carthamus tinctorius (Golrang) was separated by soxhlet extraction and further purified in good yields. Its mordant dyeing of wool, using potassium dichromate as mordant, showed a high washing fastness (above 4). Mordanting by "sweet chrome", "sour chrome", and "reduced chrome" proved that last one to be superior.