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Extraction of Glabridin from Licorice Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide  

Cho Yun-Kyoung (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Kim Hyun-Seok (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Kim Ju-Won (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Lee Sang-Yun (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Suwon, Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim Woo-Sik (Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Ryu Jong-Hoon (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
Lim Gio-Bin (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Suwon)
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KSBB Journal / v.19, no.6, 2004 , pp. 427-432 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a cosolvent-modified supercritical $CO_2\;(scCO_2)$ extraction technique for the production of licorice extracts with high levels of glabridin. The effects of various parameters such as the type and amount of modifiers, extraction temperature ($40{\sim}80^{\circ}C$) and pressure ($10{\sim}50.0\;MPa$) on the extraction efficiency were examined at a fixed flow rate of 1 mL/min. The organic solvent extraction with pure methanol was also conducted for a quantitative comparison with the $scCO_2$ extraction. The recovery of glabridin from licorice was found to be extremely small for pure $scCO_2$. However, the addition of modifiers such as ethanol and acetone to $scCO_2$ resulted in a significant improvement in the recovery of glabridin. The recovery of glabridin was observed to increase with pressure at a constant temperature. Furthermore, the purity of the glabridin obtained from the $scCO_2$ extraction was higher compared with the organic solvent extraction.
Keywords
Supercritical carbon dioxide; modifier; glabridin; licorice;
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