The invention relates to a method for extracting
carnosic acid from
Rosmarinus officinalis. The method comprises: taking dried
Rosmarinus officinalis leaves, and crushing into
Rosmarinus officinalis leaf
powder; adding an
ethanol solution with a concentration of 75-85% to the Rosmarinus officinalis leaf
powder, carrying out
reflux extraction to obtain an extraction liquid, carrying out pressure reducing concentration on the extraction liquid until achieving a dry state, adding water, dissolving, carrying out
centrifugation, and
drying to obtain a first crude product; adding an
ethanol solutionwith a concentration of 70-80% and a pH value of 3-4 to the first crude product, carrying out stirring dissolving, carrying out standing extraction, carrying out decolorizing and
impurity removing onthe extraction liquid, and carrying out pressure reducing concentration until achieving a dry state to obtain a second crude product; adding a mixed
organic solvent into the second crude product, carrying out stirring extraction, concentrating the extraction liquid, carrying out cooling standing to precipitate a
crystal, and
drying the
crystal to obtain a first product; and re-crystallizing the first product to obtain a second product. According to the present invention, with the method, the
processing degree of the process can be flexibly adjusted so as to obtain the products with differentpurities,
carnosic acid can be effectively prevented from being damaged during the
processing, and the process has characteristics of good
repeatability, high
ethanol recovery rate and low overall production cost, and is suitable for industrialized popularized production.