Summary
The characteristics of supercritical CO2 extraction determine its wide application scope.In the pharmaceutica industry, it can be used for the extraction of effective ingredients of Chinese herbal medicine, the purification of thermosensitive biological products, the separation of the mixture of lipids, the extraction of hops, the extraction of pigment in the food industry, the refining of natural and synthetic fragrances in the perfume industry, and the separation ofmixtures in the chemicalindustry.
1. Extraction of bioactive molecules from medicinal plants and extraction and separation ofalkaloids.
2.Lipids from different microorganisms, or used for the recovery of lipids, or the removal of lipids from glycosides and proteins.
3.Extract anticancer substances from various plants especially paclitaxel from Taxus bark and branches and leaves to prevent cancer.
4. vitamin, mainly the extraction of vitamin E;
5.Purification of various active substances (natural or synthetic),removing no molecules (such as removing pesticides from vegetable extracts) or “residue” to obtain purified products.
6.the processing of various natural and antioxidant extracts such as bamboo shoots, Rolle, string red, thyme, garlic onion,spring chrysanthemum,chili powder, licorice and fennel seed.