Utrasonic topic: "water extraction"
Water extraction is a method used to obtain bioactive compounds and phytochemicals from botanicals and vegetal materials by using water as the solvent. This process is particularly favored for its environmental friendliness, as water is a non-toxic, non-flammable, and renewable solvent. Water extraction is commonly employed in the preparation of herbal extracts, essential oils, and other bioactive substances from plants. The effectiveness of this extraction method can be significantly enhanced by applying probe-type sonication.
Probe-type sonication uses power ultrasound to agitate the plant material in the water. This technique creates microscopic cavitation bubbles within the liquid, which collapse with considerable force. The collapse of these bubbles produces intense localized pressure and shear forces that disrupt the cell walls of the botanical material, thereby facilitating the release of intracellular compounds into the water. This mechanical effect enhances the mass transfer of the desired compounds from the plant material to the solvent, making the extraction process more efficient.
Intensifying water extraction by probe-type sonication comes with numerous advantages. Firstly, it significantly reduces the extraction time compared to traditional methods, allowing for faster processing and higher throughput. Secondly, sonication enhances the yield of bioactive compounds, as the intense agitation effectively breaks down plant cell walls, ensuring more complete extraction of the targeted constituents. Additionally, ultrasonic extraction is a non-thermal techniques, which is particularly beneficial when extracting heat-sensitive compounds that might degrade at higher temperatures used in conventional extraction methods. Finally, the use of water as a solvent, combined with the efficiency of sonication, makes the process more sustainable and environmentally friendly, aligning with the growing demand for green extraction technologies.
Ultrasonic cold water extraction increases yield, reduces extraction time, and maintains the integrity of heat-sensitive compounds, all while using an environmentally benign solvent, makes it a highly advantageous approach in the extraction of botanical and vegetal materials.
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Dandelion Extraction – Potent Tinctures with Sonication
Ultrasonic extraction of dandelion plant parts is a highly efficient and effective method to obtain bioactive compounds under mild extraction conditions - yielding a high-quality extracts and tinctures. Learn how to apply ultrasonication to maximize extraction yields while preserving the…
https://www.hielscher.com/dandelion-extraction-potent-tinctures-with-sonication.htmNettle Extraction – Potent Tinctures with Ultrasonics
Nettle (Urtica dioica) is a plant rich in bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, antioxidants, carotenes, and terpenoids, which are used as pharmaceutical, therapeutic and nutraceutical substances. The ultrasonic extractor is a high-efficient industry-established tool for the production of nettle extracts…
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Scale-up of Ultrasonic Extraction Processes
In order to increase production capacities, extraction processes must be scaled to larger volumes / higher throughputs. Ultrasonically-assisted extraction is a highly efficacious method to isolate botanical compounds from plant material. Additionally, sonication applications can be linearly scaled to larger…
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Highly Efficient Artemisinin Extraction with Sonication
Artemisinin can be efficiently extracted using high-performance sonication. Ultrasonic extraction gives very high yields of artemisinin using mild solvents. The process of extraction applying ultrasound is accelerated drastically. The processing conditions in ultrasonic extractors are precisely controllable, which allows to…
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Highly Efficient Chaga Extraction via Sonication
Chaga mushrooms (Inonotus obliquus) are rich in very potent phyto-chemicals (e.g. polysaccharides, betulinic acid, triterpenoids), which are known to contribute to health and to fight diseases. Using high-power ultrasonic frequency for chaga extraction is the preferred technique to produce superior…
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Ultrasonic Solvent-Free Garlic Extraction
Garlic (Allium sativum) is rich in organosulfur compounds (e.g. allicin, glutathione), which promote many health benefits. Ultrasonic extraction is a reliable and efficient technique to produce highly concentrated garlic extracts. Ultrasonication results in high yields of high quality, full spectrum…
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Ultrasonic Extraction and its Working Principle
Ultrasonic extraction is the preferred technique to isolate bioactive compounds from botanicals. Sonication achieves a complete extraction and thereby superior extract yields are obtained in a very short extraction time. Being such an efficient extraction method, ultrasonic extraction is cost-…
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Ultrasonic Extraction of Sugar from Sugar Beet Cossettes
Ultrasonic extraction enhances the yield of extracted sucrose from sugar beet cossettes and reduces the extraction process duration significantly. Sonication is a simple and safe technique, which can be easily combined with the current counter-current flow extraction technology in order…
https://www.hielscher.com/ultrasonic-extraction-of-sugar-from-sugar-beet-cossettes.htm
Ultrasonic Collagen Extraction from Jellyfish
Jellyfish collagen is a high-quality collagen, which is unique but exhibits similar properties to type I, II, III and type V collagen. Ultrasonic extraction is a purely mechanical technique, that increases yield, accelerates the process and produces high molecular weight…
https://www.hielscher.com/ultrasonic-collagen-extraction-from-jellyfish.htm
Ultrasonic Extraction of Quillaja Saponins
Saponin extracts of the Quillaja saponaria Molina tree are the main source of saponins for industrial applications. Ultrasonic extraction of Quillaja saponins yields in high quality saponins. Ultrasonic extraction is a highly efficient method to produce high yields of Quillaja…
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Ultrasonic Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Bitter Melon
Bitter melons (also known as bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear) is a fruit high in health-beneficial compounds such as antioxidants, flavonoids, phytosterols, and saponins. Sonication is well known to intensify the extraction of bioactive substances from botanicals. Ultrasonic…
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Ultrasonic Kratom Extraction
Ultrasonication is a highly effective, simple and reliable technique to produce alkaloid-rich extracts from kratom leaves (Mitragyna speciosa). Sonication releases bioactive compounds such as mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine from the plant cells so that they can be isolated. Ultrasonic extraction provides…
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