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Extraction of Plant Secondary Metabolites. Introduction. Selection, Collection, and Identification of Plant Material Drying and Grinding Extraction Percolation and Soxhlet Extraction Maceration Choice of Solvent Sample Preparation for Large-Scale Biological Screening
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Selection, Collection, and Identification of Plant Material • Drying and Grinding • Extraction • Percolation and Soxhlet Extraction • Maceration • Choice of Solvent • Sample Preparation for Large-Scale Biological Screening • Preparation of Enriched Extracts (alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins)
General procedure for preparing extracts representing a range of polarities, including a virtually tannin-free chloroform extract
General fractionation procedure to obtain a precipitate of crude saponin from plants
General procedure to obtain alkaloidal extracts from crude plant material
Water extraction (decoction, infusion) • Extraction artefacts • Interfering compounds • Lipids • Plant pigments (carotenoids, chlorphyll) • Vegetable tannins • Platicizers