Key words: subcritical water, triterpene glycosides, glycyrrhetinic acid (the aglycon of glycyrrhizic acid), licorice root, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), 13С NMR spectroscopy
A method for glycyrrhetinic acid (the aglycon of glycyrrhizic acid) synthesis via a sub-critical water hydrolysis of licorice root extract is developed. Its high efficiency in the comparison with a conventional hydrolysis is demonstrated. The high-performance liquid chromatography is used to prove the presence of glycyrrhetinic acid and to determine its concentration in the product. Using the 13С NMR spectroscopy it is proved that glycyrrhetinic acid obtained in the sub-critical water medium has a β-configuration in theС18 carbon atom environment.
doi:10.1134/S1990793110070122