STUDY OF PROCESS EXTRACTION OF THE CYCLOARTHANE TRITERPENOIDS FROM AERIAL PART OF PLANTS OF THE GENUS Astragalus A.A. Janibekov 1 , Sh.B. Jandullaeva 2 , U.M. Abillaeva, 2 O.K. Urazimbetova 2 , G.B. Sotimov 1 1) S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan st. Mirzo-Ulugbek, 77, 100170 Tashkent 2) Karakalpak State University named after Berdakh, Republic of Karakalpakstan e-mail: j.aziz@mail.ru
To develop a technology for obtaining cycloartane triterpenoids from the aerial parts
of
Astragalus mucidus, Astragalus turkestanus, and
Astragalus macronyx, the
technological cycle was studied in stages. This work is devoted to the study of the
extraction process of the aerial part of plants
Astragalus growing in the Tashkent
region. Was carried out the extraction of raw materials with ethanol with a
concentration of 50% to 90%. It was found that 80% ethyl alcohol extracts the largest
amount of the sum of cycloartane triterpenoids, therefore, we chose 80% ethyl alcohol
as extraction for raw materials.
To determine the optimal fineness of the particle size, the raw material was crushed
and sieved through a sieve with different hole diameters. From each batch, 0.5 kg of raw
material was taken and loaded into the extractors as follows: into the first extractor -
crushed raw material with a particle size of less than 2 mm, in the second - 2-6 mm, in
the third - 6-10 mm, in the fourth - 10 -14 mm and not ground raw materials were
loaded into the fifth extractor. Extraction was carried out similarly to the method
described above.
To establish the temperature regime, 0.5 kg of the crushed aerial part of
A. mucidus, A. turkestanus, and
A. macronyx with a particle size of 2-6 mm was loaded into four
extractors, filled with 80% ethyl alcohol until a “mirror” was formed. Extraction in the
first extractor was carried out at room temperature, extraction in the second extractor -
at 37 °C, in the third - at 45 °C, in the fourth - at 70 °C. Extraction at temperatures
above 70°C was not carried out, because the volatility of ethanol increases sharply. The
obtain thickened extracts were analyzed.
It has been established that the process is slow during the extraction of not crushed
and coarsely crushed raw materials. Cycloartane triterpenoids are extracted faster from
crushed raw materials with a particle size of 2-6 mm, but the extract is cloudy and
difficult to clarify. As follows from the experimental results, when the cycloartane
triterpenoids are extracted with 80% ethanol, the extraction rate increases with
increasing temperature and the solvent consumption decreases. Extraction at a
temperature of 70°С accelerates the depletion of raw materials, but the resulting extract
contains a large amount of accompanying substances. It is difficult to isolate the number
of cycloartane triterpenoids from such an extract. Satisfactory results were obtained
when extracting raw materials at room temperature (20-30°C).
When studying the hydromodule, extraction was carried out using various ratios of
the extractant - raw material, while the optimal hydromodule was 1:5.