BP205T · Semester 2 · B.Pharm
Unit IV — Extraction Methods for Medicinal Plants
Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
This study page introduces Extraction Methods for Medicinal Plants in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (BP205T), B.Pharm Semester 2. Read the selected definitions and short notes below, then download the full unit PDF.
Topics in this unit
- What Is Extraction? Basic Terms and Why We Extract
- Conventional Methods I — Infusion, Decoction and Digestion
- Conventional Methods II — Maceration
- Conventional Methods III — Percolation
- Conventional Methods IV — Reflux, Distillation, Soxhlet Extraction and Successive Solvent Extraction
- Modern Methods of Extraction
- Selection of Extraction Method — Putting It All Together
Definitions and short notes
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Short note
Extraction = the process of separating the desired chemical constituents (the "active" or useful parts) of a medicinal plant from the unwanted solid plant material, using a suitable liquid called a solvent.
Unit PDF · page 2
Think of making tea
hot water pulls the flavour and colour out of the tea leaves. The leaves stay behind; the tasty liquid is collected. That is extraction.
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