Extraction and isolation of catechins from tea

Tea is a major source of catechins, which have become well known for their antioxidant potential. Numerous human, animal, and in vitro studies have linked tea catechins with prevention of certain types of cancers, reduction of the risks for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and improvement of the immune system. Tea catechins are widely used in various neutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for either enhancing product shelf-life or for enhancing human health. Thus, the demand for catechins has increased considerably. Catechins have been extracted and isolated from tea leaves by numerous methods through several steps including: treatment of the tea leaves, extraction of catechins from teas into solvents, isolation of catechins from other extracted components, and drying the preparations to obtain catechin extracts in a powder form. This paper outlines the physical and chemical properties of the tea catechins and reviews the extraction steps of the various extraction methods, as a basis to improve and further develop the extraction and isolation of the tea catechins.     

Extraction procedures for chemical speciation of arsenic in atmospheric total suspended particles

An arsenic chemical speciation study was performed in 2000, using air filters on which total suspended particles (TSP) were collected, from the city of Huelva, a medium size city with huge industrial influence in SW Spain. Different procedures for extraction of the arsenic species were performed using water, NH₂OH.HCl, and H₃PO₄ solutions, with either microwave or ultrasonic radiation. The best optimised extraction methods were use of 100 mmol L^–1 NH₂OH.HCl and 10 mmol L^–1 H₃PO₄ and microwave radiation for 4 min. High-performance liquid chromatography coupled with hydride generation and atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HPLC–HG–AFS) was employed for determination of the arsenic species. The results from 12 TSP air filters collected on a monthly basis showed extraction was quantitative (94% with NH₂OH.HCl and 86% H₃PO₄). Only inorganic arsenic species (arsenite and arsenate) were detected. The mean arsenite concentration was 1.2±0.3 ng m^–3 (minimum 0.3 ng m^–3, maximum 1.8 ng m^–3). The mean arsenate concentration was 10.4±1.8 ng m^–3, with greater monthly variations than arsenite (minimum 2.1 ng m^–3, maximum 30.6 ng m^–3). The high level of arsenic species in the TSP samples can be related to a copper smelter located in the region.     

Efficiency of Different Methods and Solvents for the Extraction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Soils

The efficiencies of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), accelerated solvent extraction (ASE), Soxhlet, and ultrasonic extraction in the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils were evaluated. Solvents with different polarity were used to extract the PAHs from two soils, one with high and one with low contamination level. ASE showed good results with all solvents almost independent of the solvent polarity and the best results with acetone-toluene (1 : 1). Ultrasonic extraction with acetone-toluene for the uncontaminated soil and acetone-ethanolamine for the highly contaminated also showed good recoveries. The time-consuming Soxhlet extraction with pentane or dichloromethane was less effective. The PAH recovery from SFE was related to the soil matrix or the contamination level. The best extraction conditions (CO 2 /10% pentane) are successful for the soil with a low contamination level and a high humic acid content whereas the extractions of the highly contaminated soil gave poor results irrespective of the solvent used.     

Extraction of Residues of Dyfonate-ring-14C from Soil

Abstract

Residues of Dyfonate-ring-¹⁴C were extracted from a clay loam soil with various solvents under a variety of conditions. Recovery of radioactivity from the soil was not related to the polarity (dipole moment) or the dielectric constant of the solvents. Commonly used solvents such as acetone, methanol, ethanol, and hexane/acetone (1:1) extracted only 28, 44, 27, and 25%, respectively, of the residues from the air-dried soil. The extraction efficiencies were increased to 46, 60, 54, and 49%, respectively, when 20% water was added to the soil prior to extraction with these solvents. The amount of water added to the soil and time of contact with water also affected the recovery of radioactivity from the soil. Any of the solvents or methods investigated failed to recover more than 60% of the radioactivity in the soil, indicating that residues of Dyfonate were strongly bound to the soil and were difficult to recover.     

Extraction of Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates from River Sediments: Comparison of Different Extraction Techniques

Summary Five different extraction techniques (Soxhlet, automated Randall, accelerated solvent extraction, microwave-assisted solvent extraction and extraction with a surfactant solution) have been evaluated for the determination of nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEO) in river sediments. All the techniques were applied to the same three samples collected from northern Italian rivers. The analyses were performed with two RP columns, with different stationary reversed phases—a classical C₁₈ phase and a hexyl–phenyl phase. The recoveries and reproducibility of the different extraction techniques were comparable and all the methods gave reliable results. The variance of the results was dominated by the variance in sample homogeneity, sample preparation, and chromatographic analysis. A choice between the methods can be made on the basis of the cost and safety of each technique. Preliminary results obtained from use of a water-based extraction method with a surfactant solution (Tween-80), and its application to analysis of sediment and of worm tissue, are also presented.Presented at: Chemical Analysis and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, Barcelona, Spain, November 28–30, 2002     

冻融法提取猪血纤维蛋白原

利用纤维蛋白原在低温下可形成絮状沉淀的性质,以样品中纤维蛋白原含量及提取率为考查指标,采用冻融法从猪血中提取纤维蛋白原.确定提取条件为:将抗凝血浆在-20 ℃温度下冷冻12 h,经4 ℃解冻,低温离心收集纤维蛋白原样品.样品中纤维蛋白原含量达82.6%,提取率达91.0%,符合静脉注射纤维蛋白原要求.     

Extraction of arsenic compounds from lichens

Different extraction procedures were applied to improve the extraction efficiency of arsenic compounds from lichens. Two lichen species were chosen from an arsenic-contaminated environment: epiphytic Hypogymnia physodes (L.) Nyl. and terricolous Cladonia rei Schaer. Samples were extracted with water at temperatures of 20, 60 and 90 °C, using mixtures of methanol/water (9:1, 1:1 and 1:9), Tris buffer and acetone and the extracts speciated. Water and Tris buffer showed the best extraction efficiency of all extractants used; however, the extraction efficiency was still less than 23%. Since a major fraction of arsenic appeared to be associated with trapped soil particles, a sequential extraction procedure originally designed for soils (extraction steps: (1) 0.05 mol l⁻¹ (NH₄)₂SO₄; (2) 0.05 mol l⁻¹ (NH)₄H₂PO₄; (3) 0.2 mol l⁻¹ NH₄-oxalate buffer, pH 3.25; (4) mixture of 0.2 mol l⁻¹ NH₄-oxalate buffer and 0.1 mol l⁻¹ ascorbic acid, pH 3.25; (5) 0.5 mol l⁻¹ KOH) was applied and found to remove 45% of the total arsenic from H. physodes and 83% from C. rei. The lipid-soluble fraction of arsenic was estimated by k₀-INAA analysis of diethylether extracts and was found to be negligible. An HPLC-UV-HGAFS system was used to determine the arsenic compounds extracted. In both lichen species, arsenous acid, arsenic acid, monomethylarsonic acid, dimethylarsinic acid, arsenobetaine, trimethylarsine oxide and glycerol-ribose were detected. In addition, phosphate-ribose was found in H. physodes.     

Extraction of cellulose and preparation of nanocellulose from sisal fibers

In this work a study on the feasibility of extracting cellulose from sisal fiber, by means of two different procedures was carried out. These processes included usual chemical procedures such as acid hydrolysis, chlorination, alkaline extraction, and bleaching. The final products were characterized by means of Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM). The extraction procedures that were used led to purified cellulose. Advantages and disadvantages of both procedures were also analyzed. Finally, nanocellulose was produced by the acid hydrolysis of obtained cellulose and characterized by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).     

Comparison of Different Extraction Techniques of Polychlorinated Biphenyls from Sediments Samples

In this work, problems that may occur during determination of trace levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in sediment samples are described. Main error sources are connected with extraction of analytes prior to final determination.

During model studies, polychlorinated biphenyls have been extracted from sediment reference material (METRANAL 2) with the use of different solvents (dichloromethane, hexsane, and toluene); the process has been enhanced by mechanical shaking or ultrasounds. Seven selected PCBs (PCB 28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, and 180 – according to IUPAC) were determined in extracts samples by GC–MS technique.

During the studies, two calculation methods were applied to determine the amount of analytes introduced to the chromatographic column. The first approach assumes that the recovery of PCBs that contained a small amount of chlorine atoms in the molecule is similar to the recovery of ¹³C₁₂PCB28 standard, whereas compounds with greater number of chlorine atoms in the molecule will be recovered from the sediment similarly to the recovery of ¹³C₁₂PCB180 standard. The second approach assumes that the recovery of PCB 138 and PCB 153 is similar to the average value of ¹³C₁₂PCB28 and ¹³C₁₂PCB180 standards.

In the case of shaking assisted extraction, 55–90% PCB recoveries were achieved when toluene was used as a solvent, while 71–86% recovery was achieved when dichloromethane was used. When hexsane was used as solvent, recovery ranged 43–107%. In the case of ultrasounds assisted extraction, PCB recoveries of 50–108% were achieved when toluene was used as solvent, while 44–101% recovery was achieved when dichloromethane was applied. When hexsane was used as solvent, recovery reached 57–95%.

Studies have also shown that, when applying different isolation techniques and different solvents, the recovery of applied ¹³C₁₂PCB28 and ¹³C₁₂PCB180 standards is different. Recovery of ¹³C₁₂PCB28 standard was from 5% (for hexane tenfold extraction assisted by shaking) to 57% (for toluene tenfold extraction assisted by shaking). However, recovery of ¹³C₁₂PCB180 standard was from 9% (for hexane tenfold extraction assisted by shaking) to 82% (for toluene tenfold extraction assisted by shaking). This is due to the differences of their binding to the sludge matrix. Standard with a greater number of chlorine atoms in the molecule (¹³C₁₂PCB180) is more weakly associated with sediment than ¹³C₁₂PCB28 standard. In order to improve the accuracy of the results obtained, it is necessary to use labeled PCB compounds.     

土壤中痕量酞酸酯的提取与分析方法研究

采用ＣＨ_２Ｃｌ_２超声提取、氧化铝、硅胶双柱净化、高效液相色谱（ＨＰＬＣ）测定土壤中的酞酸酯（ＰＥｓ）、标准添加回收率达９３％～１０６％，对超声提取与索氏提取进行了比较，并对实际土壤样品中的ＰＥｓ进行了初步分析。     

Evaluation of Extraction Procedures of Organochlorine Pesticides from Natural Waters and Sediments

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate different procedures for the extraction of organochlorine pesticides (OCP's) from natural waters and sediments. In the case of extraction from water, a C18 disk solid-phase extraction method was employed. Recovery experiments in the range of 40 to 200 ng/l with selected organochlorine compounds resulted in average recoveries between 80 and 100%. Four different solvents, hexane, ethyl acetate, acetonitrile and methanol, were tested as eluting agents. Best recoveries were obtained with ethyl acetate and hexane. A comparative study of OCP sediment extraction procedures was performed employing sonication, Soxhlet extraction and shake-flask methods. The capacity of these methods to recover OCP's from a sediment sample fortified at 50 ng/g was evaluated using hexane : acetone (1:1 v/v), hexane: acetone (8:2 v/v), acetonitrile and dichlorometane. The three extraction techniques gave similar results and dichloromethane was the most effective solvent. The optimised methods were applied in the analysis of waters and sediments from the “Aiguamolls de l'Empordà” Nature Park, Girona (Spain).     

角蛋白的提取及其生物医学应用

角蛋白系硬蛋白之一,广泛存在于动物的毛发及皮肤的衍生物中。目前,从毛发和羽毛中提取角蛋白常用的化学方法有酸碱水解法、还原法和氧化法等。作为天然生物分子,角蛋白具有优异的生物活性、生物相容性、生物降解性、良好的材料力学性能以及自然丰度等特性,在生物医学领域有很多潜在的应用。本文介绍了角蛋白的结构以及主要的提取方法,并展望了角蛋白的生物医学应用前景。     

分馏萃取提纯金的方法研究

本文报道了在常温条件下,用磷酸三丁酯(TBP)做萃取剂,反萃取金的分馏萃取提纯金的工艺方法,使金的纯度、回收率大大提高。该项技术既可降低投资成本,且适用于金矿自动化及规模化连续生产。     

Extraction of Organic Compounds from Aqueous Media by Amberlite XAD Resins

Abstract

Three Amberlite polymeric resins, XAD-2, XAD-4 and XAD-7, were evaluated for extraction efficiency from aqueous media of several organic compounds representing pesticides, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, phenols and phthalate esters. The three resins exhibited different extraction characteristics. The extraction efficiency of the resins was found to be dependent on pH conditions and, on the average, was best at pH7. At this pH the XAD-2 and XAD-4 resins yielded quantitative recoveries in the 90–100% range for most compounds at the 20–200ppb level. Recoveries by XAD-7 resins were lower for several compounds. The recovery of aldrin and o, p DDT under all conditions was relatively low (>68%) and showed a higher degree of variability than that obtained for the other compounds. Alkaline pH conditions were generally unfavourable for the extraction of phenolic compounds but acidification to pH2 was not found to be a necessary step for the quantitative extraction of the phenolic compounds. Acidification to pH2 further led to a decrease in the recovery of most compounds for XAD-4 resins. A combined resin column yielded extraction efficiencies comparable to the XAD-2 column at pH 7, but since the three resins possess different extraction characteristics, a mixture comprising all three is recommended for the preconcentration of organic compounds from environmental water samples containing a wide range of compounds.     

氟碳铈矿提取稀土的绿色化学进展

氟碳铈矿是稀土工业的重要原材料，目前从氟碳铈矿提取稀土主要采用酸法工艺，该工艺虽然稀土回收高，但流程长，试剂消耗长，成本较高，同时酸法产生ＨＦ及废酸碱污染环境。因此寻找低成本，低污染的绿色化学处理工艺是近几十年中人们一直努力的方向。本文系统介绍了氟碳铈矿分解工艺的发展，并着重介绍邓氯化铵法提取氟碳铈矿稀土的的新工艺。该工艺采用盐类分解并氯化氟碳铈矿，直接用水浸取回收稀土，不引入酸和碱，提高了反应选择性，减轻了稀土在稀土杂质分负荷，降低了化工材料消耗，简化了工艺，提高了回收率，是符合绿色化学要求的工艺。     

Extraction and separation of gallium, indium and thallium with several carboxylic acids from chloride media

A method is proposed for the extraction and individual separation of trivalent gallium, indium and thallium with sec-octylphenoxy acetic acid (CA-12), sec-nonylphenoxy acetic acid (CA-100) and naphthenic acid (NA) from chloride media. The distribution equilibria of gallium (III), indium (III), thallium (III) and thallium (I) between carboxylic acids (CA-12, CA-100 and NA) dissolved in kerosene and acidic aqueous chloride media has been investigated as a function of the concentration of extractants and the concentration of hydrogen ion in aqueous phase. A possible mechanism of the extraction is discussed. The method permits rapid and precise individual separation of gallium (III), indium (III) and thallium (III), and is applicable to the analysis of alloy samples.     

圆盘膜萃取-气相色谱-质谱法同时测定水中16种酞酸酯类化合物

提出了气相色谱-质谱法同时测定水中16种酞酸酯类化合物(PAEs)的方法。采用自制圆盘萃取装置、无塑料制品接触试验程序进行水样富集,对圆盘膜片选择、过膜压力、洗脱剂种类与用量等进行考察;对仪器工作条件离子源温度、升温速率、进样口温度和不同时间段监测离子及增益等进行了探讨。16种PAEs的质量浓度分别在一定的范围内与峰面积呈线性关系,检出限(3S/N)在0.17～2.45μg.L-1之间。以空白蒸馏水为基底,在3个浓度水平下做加标回收试验,回收率在79.8%～104%之间,相对标准偏差(n=6)在1.1%～9.4%之间。     

超声微波协同萃取-气相色谱法测定土壤中邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物

研究了超声微波协同萃取-气相色谱测定土壤中的邻苯二甲酸酯类化合物。考察了萃取溶剂、微波功率、萃取时间等因素对回收率的影响,得到了最佳萃取条件为:以正己烷/丙酮(1∶1)为萃取剂,溶剂用量为60 mL,微波辐射功率为100 W(超声功率固定为50 W),萃取12 min。该条件下,模拟土样中酞酸酯的平均回收率可达92.5%。方法的检出限为0.05~0.16 mg/kg,相对标准偏差(RSD)5.8%。与直接超声、开放式微波萃取法相比,此法具有明显的优势。方法用于实际土样的测定,所得结果与索氏抽提的结果相当。     

芹菜中黄酮类物质的提取和测定

采用碱溶酸析法，成功地提取了芹菜中黄酮类物质。经HCl-镁粉反应和红外光谱鉴定，提取物为黄酮类物质。另外，利用分光光度法，以芦丁为标准对芹菜的叶和茎中的总黄酮分别进行了测定，其质量分数分别为10．19mg／g，3．064mg／g。同时讨论了时间及色素对测定方法的影响，结果表明，显色时间在40min内稳定，色素引起误差为5％。