SpringerLink
Log in

Optimization of Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Tea Saponin and Its Application on Cleaning of Historic Silks

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Abstract

Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) was utilized to extract tea saponin from oil-tea camellia seed cake. The factors influencing the extraction efficiency were studied, including the effects of microwave power, irradiation duration, temperature, ratio of solvent to material and aqueous ethanol concentration. By systematic orthogonal experiments, the optimal extraction technology was determined. Compared with a conventional extraction method, MAE shows great advantages with the extraction time reduced from 6 h to 4 min, 50 % organic solvent saved and about 14 % extraction yield enhanced. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy testing and high performance liquid chromatography analysis proved that the extracted resultants were tea saponin with similar compounds as a standard tea saponin. The extracted tea saponin was applied on the cleaning of historic silks and showed good removal effect on the stains. This work provides useful information for fully use of oil-tea camellia seed cake and new applications of tea saponin at the protection of historic textiles.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
EUR 32.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or Ebook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Sagesaka YM, Uemura T, Watanabe N, Sakata K, Uzawa J (1994) A new glucuronide saponin from tea leaves camellia sinensis var. sinensis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 58:2036–2040

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Kuo PC, Lin TC, Yang CW, Lin CL, Chen GF, Huang JW (2010) Bioactive saponin from tea seed pomace with inhibitory effects against rhizoctonia solani. J Agr Food Chem 58:8618–8622

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Rizwan-Ul-Haq M, Hu QB, Hu MY, Zhong GH, Weng QF (2009) Study of destruxin B and tea saponin, their interaction and synergism activities with Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki against Spodoptera exigua (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Appl Entomol Zool 44:419–428

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Zhang WG, Zhang DC, Chen XY (2012) A novel process for extraction of tea oil from Camellia oleifera seed kernels by combination of microwave puffing and aqueous enzymatic oil extraction. Eur J Lipid Sci Tech 114:352–356

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Kwon JH, Bélanger JMR, Paré JRJ, Yaylayan VA (2003) Application of the microwave-assisted process (MAP™) to the fast extraction of ginseng saponins. Food Res Int 36:491–498

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Bai XP, Qiu AY, Guan JJ (2007) Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction of antihepatotoxic triterpenoid from Actinidia deliciosa root and its comparison with conventional extraction methods. Food Technol Biotech 45:174–180

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Chen Y, **e MY, Nie SP, Gong XF (2007) I&EC 64-Comparison of microwave-assisted extraction and conventional extraction of polysaccharides from Ganoderma atrum. In: Abstracts of Papers from the 234th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA

  8. Yan J, Wu Z, Zhao Y, Jiang C (2011) Separation of tea saponin by two-stage foam fractionation. Sep Purif Technol 80:300–305

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Kaufmann B, Christen P (2002) Recent extraction techniques for natural products: microwave-assisted extraction and pressurised solvent extraction. Phytochem Anal PCA 13:105–113

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Mandal V, Dewanjee S, Mandal SC (2009) Microwave-assisted extraction of total bioactive saponin fraction from Gymnema sylvestre with reference to gymnemagenin: a potential biomarker. Phytochem Anal PCA 20:491–497

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Chen YZ, Zhao L, Liu BG, Zuo SS (2012) Application of response surface methodology to optimize microwave-assisted extraction of polysaccharide from Tremella. Physics Procedia 24:429–433

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. **a EQ, Wang BW, Xu XR, Zhu L, Song Y, Li HB (2011) Microwave-assisted extraction of oleanolic acid and ursolic acid from Ligustrum lucidum Ait. Int J Mol Sci 12:5319–5329

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Ganzler K, Szinai I, Salgo A (1990) Effective sample preparation method for extracting biologically active compounds from different matrices by a microwave technique. J Chromatogr A 520:257–262

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Yan MM, Liu W, Fu YJ, Zu YG, Chen CY, Luo M (2010) Optimisation of the microwave-assisted extraction process for four main astragalosides in Radix Astragali. Food Chem 119:1663–1670

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Ganzler K, Salgo A, Valko K (1986) Microwave extraction. A novel sample preparation method for chromatography. J Chromatogr A 371:299–306

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Renoe BW (1994) Microwave assisted extraction. American Lab 34–39

  17. Ferhat MA, Tigrine-Kordjani N, Chemat S, Meklati BY, Chemat F (2007) Rapid extraction of volatile compounds using a new simultaneous microwave distillation: solvent extraction device. Chromatographia 65:217–222

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Wu XH, Zhang XM (2009) Optimization and mathematical description of microwave-assisted extraction of tea saponin. J SCUT (Chinese) 37:126–129

    Google Scholar 

  19. Peng YB, Zhou JP, Guo H (2009) Technological study on extraction of tea saponin by microwave-assisted method. Food Ferm Technol (Chinese) 45:31–32

    Google Scholar 

  20. Zhang WG (2011) Study on new extracting technology for camellia saponin. J SU (Chinese) 32(32):45–48

    Google Scholar 

  21. **ang ZB, Tang CH, Chen G, Shi YS (2001) Studies on colorimetric determination of oleanolic acid in Chinese quince. Nat Pro Res Dev 13:23–26

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Gao M, Song BZ, Liu CZ (2006) Dynamic microwave-assisted extraction of flavonoids from Saussurea medusa Maxim cultured cells. Biochem Eng J 32:79–83

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Tigrine-Kordjani N, Meklati BY, Chemat F (2011) Contribution of microwave accelerated distillation in the extraction of the essential oil of Zygophyllum album L. Phytochem Anal 22:1–9

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Hao JY, Han W, Huang SD, Xue BY, Deng X (2002) Microwave-assisted extraction of artemisinin from Artemisia annua L. Sep Purif Technol 28:191–196

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Chen Y, **e MY, Gong XF (2007) Microwave-assisted extraction used for the isolation of total triterpenoid saponins from Ganoderma atrum. J Food Eng 81:162–170

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Eskilsson CS, Bjorklund E (2000) Analytical-scale microwave-assisted extraction. J Chromatogr A 902:227–250

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. **ao WH, Han LJ, Shi B (2008) Microwave-assisted extraction of flavonoids from Radix Astragali. Sep Purif Technol 62:614–618

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Liu XQ, Wang XY (2000) Quantitative analysis of tea saponin. J Tea. 26:81–82

    Google Scholar 

  29. Tian JY, Wang CL, Bai ZP (2005) A research on the removing of mould stain of ancient silk. Sci Conserv Archaeol (Chinese) 17:1–6

    Google Scholar 

  30. Liu YG, Hu JH, Zhou YM (2008) Study on optimization of extraction technology of tea saponin from Oil-tea cake. Cereals Oils Process 6:80–84

    Google Scholar 

  31. **a CH, Zhu QF, Tian JH, Liu RX, Fan TX (1990) Surface activity of tea saponin and related functional properties. J Tea Sci 10:1–10

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by Zhejiang Culture Relics Protection Fund (No. 2011202 and 2010264).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Jun He, Zi-ying Wu, Shuo Zhang, Zhi-qin Peng & Zhi-wen Hu

  2. China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, 310002, China

    Yang Zhou & Feng Zhao

  3. Laboratory of Cultural Relics Protection Materials, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Jun He, Zi-ying Wu, Shuo Zhang, Zhi-qin Peng & Zhi-wen Hu

  4. Key Scientific Research Base of Textile Conservation, State Administration for Cultural Heritage, Hangzhou, 310002, China

    Yang Zhou & Feng Zhao

  5. Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Laboratory of Cultural Relics Protection Materials, Institute of Material and Textile, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Zi-ying Wu

Authors
  1. Jun He
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Zi-ying Wu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Shuo Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yang Zhou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Feng Zhao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Zhi-qin Peng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Zhi-wen Hu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Zi-ying Wu.

About this article

Cite this article

He, J., Wu, Zy., Zhang, S. et al. Optimization of Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Tea Saponin and Its Application on Cleaning of Historic Silks. J Surfact Deterg 17, 919–928 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-013-1523-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-013-1523-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation