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- Title
Extraction and Purification of Nicotine from Tobacco Rhizomes by Supercritical CO 2.
- Authors
Zheng, Fangyuan; Xie, Qishan; Ren, Qingguang; Kong, Jilie
- Abstract
Currently, in the ongoing development of the tobacco industry, a large amount of tobacco rhizomes is discarded as waste. These wastes are usually disposed of through incineration or burial. However, these tobacco wastes still have some economic value. High-purity nicotine has a promising market outlook as the primary raw material for electronic cigarette liquid. Nicotine is not only found in tobacco leaves but also in the rhizomes of tobacco plants. This study presents a method for treating tobacco waste and extracting high-purity nicotine from it. After mixing the raw material powder and entrainer in specific ratios, as much of the nicotine in tobacco roots can be extracted as possible using supercritical carbon dioxide extraction. The effects of temperature, the ratio of the entrainer, and the volume fraction of ethanol in the entrainer on the nicotine yield in supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) at 25 MPa for 120 min were discussed. By using 90% ethanol (a raw material mass-to-volume ratio of 1:5) as the entrainer, we obtained the highest nicotine yield of 0.49% at 65 °C. Meanwhile, the purity of the crude extract was 61.71%, and after purification, it increased to 97.57%. In this way, we can not only obtain nicotine with market value but also further reduce the harm to the environment caused by tobacco waste disposal.
- Subjects
NICOTINE; CHEMICAL purification; CIGARETTES; SUPERCRITICAL carbon dioxide; CARBON dioxide; SUPERCRITICAL fluid extraction; TOBACCO; ELECTRONIC cigarettes
- Publication
Molecules, 2024, Vol 29, Issue 5, p1147
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules29051147