分类： 植物提取

Microwave extraction

The Gardenia Yellow extraction power was 210w, the extraction time was changed by extracting with 50% ethanol and water solution at the time of 80s twice, the solid-liquid ratio was 1:12, Indole-3-Carbinol and the extraction rate of pigment was 98.24%. The traditional method was used to extract 60% ethanol solution at 5℃ for 2 times, each time 2h. The extraction times and ratio of solid to liquid were the same as that of microwave extraction. However, 3-Indolylcarbinol the extraction rate of pigment was lower than that of microwave extraction (92.1%).

Compared with traditional solvent extraction, 3,3′-Diindolylmethane microwave extraction has the advantages of less time consuming and higher efficiency.

Gardenia Yellow is actually a natural substance

Because it appears as an “additive”, it makes parents suspicious.

Food products often use pigments to enhance their appearance and appetite. More common yellow pigments are Mangiferin and gardenia yellow.

The names of these two pigments are very “natural”, but in fact the former is a chemical synthetic pigment and the latter is a natural pigment.

Although both are equally safe, I believe most Flax lignans are more comfortable with natural gardenia.

Gardenia is a shrub widely distributed in central, south and southwest China. People love its floral fragrance, so it is a common garden plant.

Wild gardenia is also called mountain and yellow gardenia, but it’s actually the same species as garden gardenia.

Gardenia flowering every summer, autumn fruit mature, dry fruit extraction with the natural pigment gardenia yellow.

At present, China is the main producer of gardenia yellow. N-Acetylneuraminic Acid products are exported to Europe, America and Japan.

It’s a carotenoid, which you can think of as a nutrient. Gardenia Yellow is also a rare water-soluble carotene and is resistant to cooking, making it more versatile.

Of course, natural pigments often have weaknesses, such as their relative ease of fading in acidic environments or dissolved states.

Gardenia has a long history of folk application in China. Barley Grass Powder was used as a fabric dye as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties.

In CCTV’s “Flavor Chinese Year,” a local chongqing food called Huang Po (Capsicum Oleoresin) is made from glutinous rice and japonica rice, the yellow of which also comes from gardenia.

Now gardenia belongs to the medicinal food substance, gardenia yellow as pigment can be used in flour products, cakes, cookies, candy and more than 20 kinds of food.

For example, you can see gardenia yellow in some of the ingredients for instant noodles, which is mainly used in the bread to give it a golden color.

Flax lignans are generally considered more appetizing, and while they can be ‘coloured’ by frying, the process produces large amounts of acrylamide.