The invention relates to the technical field of
natural product extraction, and discloses a
fucoxanthin extraction, separation and
solvent circulation method based on
quaternary ammonium salt-
metal salt composite
ionic liquid, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, mixing a
quaternary ammonium salt cation precursor and
metal salt to obtain the composite
ionic liquid; s2, mixing the
algae powder with a compound
ionic liquid, and performing ultrasonic stirring extraction to obtain an extraction mixture; s3, adding a
salting-out agent into the extraction mixture, centrifuging and collecting an upper phase rich in
fucoxanthin; s4, filtering the upper phase with diatomite or a short
silica gel column, and performing vacuum
dehydration; separating and purifying the composite
ion phase subjected to vacuum
dehydration to obtain high-purity
fucoxanthin, and recycling the composite
ion liquid. According to the scheme, fucoxanthin in
algae is extracted with the
quaternary ammonium salt-
metal salt composite ionic liquid, links such as extraction, primary separation and
solvent circulation are integrated, and compared with a traditional
organic solvent method, the method has remarkable advantages in the aspects of selectivity, efficiency, product purity and environmental influence.