A natural molecule extracted from a citrus fruit characterized by the fact that its structure is a flavonoid linked to 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaric acid and an extraction process in which: the extraction of chopped fruit is conducted in pure or mixed chloroform, ethanol or methanol for a certain time, the filtrate is evaporated to dryness, the residue is submitted to solid phase extraction in order to separate the flavonoidic portion from the other class of compounds, the flavonoid mixture is separated through a preparative HPLC chromatographic system. Pharmaceutical use of the natural molecule extracted from a citrus fruit used as anticholesterol drug.
这是一个从柑橘
水果中提取出的天然分子,其结构特点是
黄酮类化合物与3-羟基-
3-甲基戊二酸相连。提取过程如下:将切碎的
水果在纯
氯仿、
乙醇或
甲醇中进行一定时间的提取,过滤液被蒸发至干燥,残留物经固相萃取分离
黄酮类化合物与其他化合物,黄
酮类混合物通过制备性高效
液相色谱系统分离。该天然分子可作为降
胆固醇药物使用。