Tomatine Extraction Sources
Tomatine is currently extracted mainly from natural plants. Lycopene, as a secondary metabolite of the plant, can reach 900-5000 mg/kg in tomato leaves, 100-500 mg/kg in fresh green fruits, 700-1000 mg/kg in flowers, and 400-900 mg/kg in stems, and is currently mainly extracted from leaves and green fruits with high content of methyl and ethyl intoxicants as raw materials. The solvent is extracted by maceration, osmosis or ultrasonic, and the alcohol extract is recovered from the solvent under pressure, dissolved in dilute acid water and filtered to remove the insoluble non-alkaline fat-soluble impurities. In addition, the uncleaned fat-soluble impurities can be extracted several times with ether or atmospheric imitation. Then add inorganic alkali to the acid solution to make the alkaloids free and precipitate, that is, the total alkaloids, and then use silica gel or alumina for separation and purification, high performance liquid chromatography to detect, and its purity can reach 98.5...