Influence of Breakage Process on Increasing the Extraction Yield of Medicinal Plants Bioactive Substances

摘要

After harvesting, medicinal and aromatic plants are processed, in order to obtain different products with a wide range of utilizations and this requires complex technological processes ready to be done in a limited period, so the plants active principles are maximally capitalized. For obtaining these active principles (bioactive substances) raw material percolated by extractive solvents. Prior to extraction, breakage operations are needed in order to increase the bioactive substances yield. Following the experimental research achieved by means of suitable technical equipment (breakage machine, percolator, etc), the medicinal plants optimum breakage size have been determined for maximize the extraction efficiency of bioactive substances. The extraction processes and yield optimisation of bioactive substances interest has been determined supported by specific laboratory instruments (TIMATIC, UV-VIS).