Phytochemicals for liquid fuels and petrochemical substitutions: extraction procedures and screening results

Various solvents were examined for their effectiveness in the extraction of nonpolar and polar compounds from plant materials for obtaining botanochemicals. Cyclohexane extraction followed by methanol gave consistently higher yields than other solvents in current use. Soxhlet extraction was found to...

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Published in:Economic botany 1983-04, Vol.37 (2), p.207-215
Main Authors: Adams, Robert P., McChesney, James D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Desiccators
Economic botany
Ethanol
Hydrocarbons
Materials
Petrochemicals
Plant products
Plants
Raw materials
Solvents
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Summary:Various solvents were examined for their effectiveness in the extraction of nonpolar and polar compounds from plant materials for obtaining botanochemicals. Cyclohexane extraction followed by methanol gave consistently higher yields than other solvents in current use. Soxhlet extraction was found to give higher yields than shaking/decanting. Yields of nonpolar and polar extractions are reported for 80 species from the southeastern United States and southern Great Plains.
ISSN:0013-0001
1874-9364
DOI:10.1007/BF02858787