Journal
FITOTERAPIA
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 136-143Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2016.05.012
Keywords
Silybum marianum; Silymarin; Pericarp; Accelerated solvent extraction
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- Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF-STF), Egypt [6081]
- NCCIH [P50 AT000155]
- ODS/NIH
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An improved method for the purification of silymarin, the flavonolignan complex from the fruits of milk thistle, Silybum marianum, is reported. The method enables a more efficient extraction of silymarin from,the pericarp after it has been separated mechanically from the rest of the fruits. Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) was employed for each extraction procedure. Quantitation of the eight major silymarin components in the pericarp extract was compared to that of the whole fruit extract using two orthogonatanalytical methods. The pericarp extract showed higher silymarin content (2.24-fold-by HPLC and 2.12-fold by qHNMR) than whole fruit extract using acetone as an extraction solvent following defatting with hexane. Furthermore, the mg/g recovery of silymarin major components was not diminished by eliminating the hexane defatting step from the pericarp extraction procedure. The efficiencies of acetone, ethanol, and methanol as extraction solvents were compared. Methanol pericarp extract showed the highest content of the silymarin major components, 2.72-fold higher than an extract prepared from the whole fruits using acetone. Finally, all of the major silymarin components showed a higher w/w content in the pericarp extract than in a commercial extract. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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