Silybum marianum pericarp yields enhanced silymarin products
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- 作者：Sameh F. AbouZid<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>sameh.zaid@pharm.bsu.edu.eg" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorsup> ; Shao-Nong Chen<sup>bsup><sup> ; sup><sup>csup> ; James B. McAlpine<sup>csup> ; J. Brent Friesen<sup>csup><sup> ; sup><sup>dsup> ; Guido F. Pauli<sup>bsup><sup> ; sup><sup>csup>
- 关键词：Silybum marianum ; Silymarin ; Pericarp ; Accelerated solvent extraction
- 刊名：Fitoterapia
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：July 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：112
- 期：Complete
- 页码：136-143
- 全文大小：902 K
文摘
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 orthogonal analytical 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.