Investigation of Recovery of Volatiles of Bidens tripartita L. Using Solid-Phase Extraction Trap in Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Abstract

Recovery of Bidens tripartita L. volatiles using supercritical CO2 extraction with solid-phase trap was performed in this study. Three points were analyzed: the impact of rinse solvent (heptane, methanol or acetonitrile) for analytes desorption from the trap; the impact of the amount of plant material used for extraction; the release of volatiles from plant matrix using multiple extraction. α-Pinene, p-cymene, β-ocimene, and β-elemene were predominant in all extracts prepared in different ways. β-Ocimene was the main compound (40-46%) in all extracts despite of the solvent used. No significant difference between the amount of α-pinene observed using different trap desorption solvent, while heptane desorbed significantly higher amounts (12-31%) of other compounds. The composition of volatiles using different amount of sample showed both qualitative and quantitative differences. The study showed different extraction extent of the main compounds during the first and repeated extractions.

Keywords

• Supercritical fluid extraction
• solid-phase trap collection
• extraction recovery
• Bidens tripartita L.