The invention relates to the technical field of compound extraction and separation, and discloses a method for extracting and separating 1-deoxynojirimycin from mulberry leaves, which comprises the following steps: S1,
mulberry leaf pretreatment: crushing and sieving mulberry leaves to obtain
mulberry leaf powder; s2, extracting: extracting
mulberry leaf powder by adopting a mixed
solvent of water and
ethanol, repeatedly extracting twice, and combining extracting solutions; s3, preliminary
impurity removal; s4, chromatographic purification: S401, enabling the supernate to pass through a strong acid cation exchange resin column, eluting with deionized water, then eluting with an
ammonia water solution, collecting eluent, and adjusting the eluent to be neutral to obtain neutral feed liquid; s402, enabling the neutral feed liquid to pass through a macroporous adsorption resin column, eluting with deionized water, then eluting with an
ethanol solution, and collecting a target eluent containing 1-deoxynojirimycin; and S5, post-
processing. Adsorption and separation of DNJ are sequentially carried out through a two-step
chromatography process of strong acid cation exchange resin and macroporous adsorption resin, and various impurities are effectively removed.