Isolation of Sorbic Acid from the Mountain Ash Berries (I)

국산(國産) 건조(乾燥)마가목 열매로 부터 Sorbic Acid의 분리(分離)에 관한 연구(硏究) (I)

  • Lee, S.M. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, C.E. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Joe, Y.I. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Tahk, H.K. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 1972.03.28

Abstract

This investigation was primarily carried out to establish the optimum conditions for the separation of sorbic acid, as an enzyme inhibitor, from dry mountain ash berries. The berries were crushed to $35{\sim}40\;mesh$, and leached with water to produce a reddish juice, which was concentrated to syrup after evaporation. Parasorbic acid was separated from the syrup by steam distillation in the presence of acid. In this study, the optimum experimental results for separation of parasorbic acid were obtained as follows : (1) the most applicable leaching time of the dry ash berries was about 6 hours at room temperature and less than 4 hours at $40^{\circ}C$ and (2) in steam distillation, after removal of malic acid, addition of 30 ml of sulfuric acid per 50 ml of syrup extracted from 100 g of the ash berries was very adequate. The purity of sorbic acid obtained experimentally through the isomerization technique was qualitatively examined by spectrophotometeric, paper chromatographic, and melting point measurements.

한국산 마가목의 건조된 열매를 사용하여 parasorbic acid를 침출 및 분리하는 과정에서 최고의 수율을 위한 최적조건은 다음과 같이 규명되었다. 1) 건조된 마가목 열매로 부터 물로 juice를 침출하여 내는데에 있어서 상온(常溫)에서는 6시간, $40^{\circ}C$의 온도에서는 4시간 이내로 처리함이 가장 좋았다. 2) Juice중에 함유되어 있는 malic acid를 침전으로 제거하는데 있어서 malic acid를 침전시킬 수 있는 alkali이면 그 종류에는 영향 없이 같은 효과를 얻을 수 있다. 3) Juice를 농축하여 syrup으로 만든 후 수증기증류시켜 parasorbic acid를 분리할 때 건조마가목 100 g당(當)의 syrup 50 ml에 대하여 $H_2SO_4$ 30ml 정도 가한 산성(酸性)에서 분리효과가 좋았다. 상압(常壓) 수증기증류에서는 대체적으로 70% 정도의 수율을 얻을 수 있었다. 대체적으로 위와 같은 조건으로 얻은 parasorbic acid를 isomerization시켜 분별결정(分別結晶)시키면 생성된 sorbic acid는 순수하다는 것이 확인되었다.

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