NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2011, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 114-117.

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Acidolysis Preparation of Diosgenin at High Pressure from the Cultured Plantlets of Dioscorea zingiberensis

YIN Chun-hui, LI Pei-qin, ZHAO Jiang-lin, SHAN Ti-jiang, HE Gui-ling, ZHOU Li-gang*   

  1. College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2010-07-05 Published:2011-07-20

Abstract:

Acidolysis preparation at high pressure of diosgenin from the cultured plantlets of Dioscorea zingiberensis was studied by L16(45) orthogonal experiments. The effects of sample quantity, concentration of sulfuric acid, and extraction time were investigated. The results showed that diosgenin content of the plantlets reached 9.12 mg/g under the optimum extraction condition that was 25 mg of sample, 0.5 mol/L of sulfuric acid, and 2 h of extraction time.

Key words: Dioscorea zingiberensis, diosgenin, acidolysis preparation at high pressure, orthogonal experiments