The invention relates to the technical field of
natural product separation
engineering, discloses a method for synchronously separating and purifying multiple
active components of
camellia oleifera shells based on synergistic extraction-gradient
desorption-targeted refining, and aims to solve the technical
bottleneck that high-purity
tannin,
proanthocyanidin and tea
saponin cannot be efficiently and synchronously obtained from the
camellia oleifera shells in the prior art. The core innovation is as follows: 1) an ultrasonic-
microwave synergistic extraction parameter matching
system is designed, and efficient synergistic
dissolution of three
active components is realized through precise matching of ultrasonic power and
microwave power (0.5-1.7): 1 in combination with a 65-75%
ethanol aqueous solution; (2) a three-stage incremental
ethanol concentration gradient elution strategy is innovatively adopted, and directed preliminary separation of component groups is realized through step-by-step
elution of 20-30%
ethanol, 50-60% ethanol and 80-95% ethanol according to polarity differences of the three components; and (3) establishing a targeted refining technology combination, adopting
Sephadex LH-20 gel
chromatography according to the molecular weight characteristics of
proanthocyanidin, and adopting high-speed counter-current
chromatography of an
ethyl acetate-n-butyl
alcohol-water
system in a specific ratio according to the structural characteristics of tea
saponin homologues to realize deep purification. The continuous synchronous preparation of three
active components in the
camellia oleifera shells is realized for the first time, the purity of
tannin in the obtained product is greater than or equal to 75%, the purity of
proanthocyanidin is greater than or equal to 90%, and the purity of tea
saponin is greater than or equal to 92% (the proportion of
oleanane saponin is greater than or equal to 85%), the
utilization rate of raw materials is increased by 30% or above, and the
solvent consumption is reduced by 25%. An efficient, economical and environment-friendly integrated technical scheme is provided for high-value utilization of the camellia oleifera shells, and the method has a remarkable industrial application value.