RELATION OF EXTRACTION PROCESS OF SAMBUCUS NIGER WITH THE SIZE OF GRANULES OF THE RAW MATERIAL

Mahi LATIFI, Ejup LATIFI

Abstract

The extraction process of plant-based pharmaceutic raw material Sambucus Niger, is related to many factors such as the size of grind raw material, extraction temperature, number of spinning of the mixer, maceration time, concentration of the solvent, as well as the amount of the solvent in relation with the raw material. Each of these factors has a direct relation with the type of pharmaceutic plant which undergoes extraction. The content of the raw material which may be grounded flowers, stalk mixed with flowers, roots of raw material, or fruit of raw material indicated the method that should be used for extraction, such as extraction with various solvents-Maceration, extraction with CO2, and percolation extraction. In this case, when the raw material is a fruit of a pharmaceutics plant, the extraction is made by maceration, a method that also has its complexity in the technological process for such raw material. The grinding degree of raw material indicates optimization of the technological process, on the other side presents maintaining e high value of the extraction coefficient as well as reaching maximum values of basic substances that are present in the raw material.

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