Selectivity in the extraction of 2- quinolone alkaloids with supercritical CO2

• Autor(a) principal: Santana,L. L. B.
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Cardoso,L. A., Druzian,J. I., Souza,V. F., Costa,T. A. C., Nóbrega,D. A., Hohlemwerger,S. V. A., Velozo,E. S.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322006000400010
• topic: Supercritical CO2 extraction; Alkaloids; 2-quinolone; Andreadoxa flava

This work describes the conditions for selective extraction of the alkaloids in Andreadoxa flava (Kallunki). The experiments were performed in a pilot plant SFE 500, in the following conditions. Extractor pressures 206.8 x 10(5), 241.3 x 10(5), 275.8 x 10(5) and 310.3 x 10(5) Pascal and pressures of 137.9 x 10(5), 69.0 x 10(5) and 55.2 x 10(5) Pascal for separators 6, 7 and 8 respectively. The temperatures were 40 °C in the extractor and 20 ºC in the separators. The samples, extracted from A. flava leaves, were analysed by ¹H NMR and GC/FID as well as by comparison with standards. This procedure allowed the identification for the first time of the 2-quinolone alkaloid 8-methoxy-N-methyl-flindersine in A. flava leaves of the. In addition, zanthophylline, 5-methoxyalmene and 8-methoxyflindersine were identified as the main alkaloids in leaves. Under the best conditions for zanthophylline extraction it was possible to obtain a purity of 79.4% while with other phytochemical technique 55.5% was obtained.