Key words: carbon dioxide, supercritical fluid, extraction, plant raw material, biologically active substance, rutine, pilot scale equipment
Carbon dioxide extraction of biologically active components from seeds of Amaranthus, flower buds of Sophora japonica, branches of Stephania rotunda and leaves of Stevia rebaudiana was investigated. A laboratory setup that allows one to run sub- and supercritical fluid extraction within wide ranges of pressure and temperature (5÷35 MPa and 285÷350 K, respectively) is developed. The optimum extract yields were obtained for Sophora japonica flowers at temperature and pressure exceeding the critical values for carbon dioxide (320 — 330 K, 28 — 30 MPa).
doi:10.1134/S1990793110080130