Separation Science and Technology, Vol.52, No.1, 91-99, 2017
Evaluating ternary deep eutectic solvents as novel media for extraction of flavonoids from Ginkgo biloba
Ternary deep eutectic solvents (TDESs) as media are used to extract two flavonoids from Ginkgo biloba. The influence factors of extraction efficiency such as types of TDESs, concentrations of TDESs, solid/liquid ratio, and extraction methods have been investigated. The optimal composition of TDESs is synthesized with choline chloride, oxalic acid, and ethylene glycol (n/n/n, 1/1/3). The extraction of flavonoids is optimized using water-TDESs (50 vol% TDES in water-TDESs) as solvents in heating process (60 degrees C) for 30 min at solid/liquid ratio of 1:10 g/mL. Under this condition, extraction yields of quercetin and myricetin are 1.40 and 1.11 mg/g, respectively.