Enrichment of hyperforin from St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) by pilot-scale supercritical carbon dioxide extraction

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 443-451

  Römpp, Harald ^a   Seger, Christoph ^b,c   Kaiser, Claudia S ^a   Haslinger, Ernst ^b   Schmidt, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Hyperforin; Hypericum perforatum L.; St. John's Wort; Supercritical fluid extraction

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; FLOW RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; HYPERICUM; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; TERPENES;

EID: 17644437707     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2003.10.026     Document Type: Article

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