![]() There are more reasons why the Soxhlet extraction process is leveling up the medicinal mushroom industry but by now you probably get the point: medicinal mushroom products extracted with a Soxhlet extractor are superior to products extracted using the homestyle dual extract or triple extract methodology. And more mushrooms into each bottle = more medicinal compounds in each dose.Ĭompared to homestyle extracts-like the one’s your local mushroom farmer may make with leftover mushrooms-you can expect Mindfull Mycology’s products to have more medicinal compounds per milliliter of extract. Simply put, what we’re saying is that the unique attributes of a Soxhlet extractor allow us to use a smaller amount of solvent to extract a larger amount of mushrooms than in a homestyle process. Our Soxhlet extractor pulls most of these lipids out, causing our Reishi extracts to appear opaque and almost milk-like. Ganoderic acids) known for their medicinal qualities. Reishi mushrooms, for example, contain more than 100 triterpenes (e.g. Third, because the Soxhlet extractor is a closed system, we’re able to heat 190 proof alcohol to its boiling point without danger, thereby allowing us to efficiently extract medicinal compounds that are insoluble in water like the highly desired triterpenes, phenolic compounds and fatty acids. At Mindfull Mycology, this allows us to use 10lbs of fresh mushrooms for every 1 liter of extract, a concentration level 2-8 times more potent than our competitors. Second, because the solvent percolates through the entirety of the mushroom and then returns to the boiling flask without any mushroom matter-other than the medicinal compounds- we can reuse a solvent multiple times while cycling in fresh mushroom powder. This constant contact between the heated solvent and the mushrooms increases the extraction’s efficiency compared to the classic homestyle dual extract process. So, what’s all this hoopla about after all? Well, a Soxhlet extractor offers extractors like me a few important benefits.įor one, using a Soxhlet extractor allows you to cycle the solvent through the dried mushrooms numerous times during each extraction process. ![]() ![]() This method needs very efficient forced air ventilation and a spark free environment (there is enough static electricity in the human body to detonate solvent vapour if you are not careful.Howdy, folks! It’s Sam the Soxhlet Extractor Man here to give you the lowdown on the Soxhlet’s subtleties. This is very heavy on solvent use but you can recover by distillation and reuse. If you heat your material in a vessel of solvent with stirring for 20-30 mins then cool it, then filter (Buchner) followed by a cold wash. You will only recover 75-80% of your product in the first 3-4 extractions, after this your diminishing returns make it unfavourable but it is the only practical way. The whole thing is a closed system but needs careful monitoring so that no vessel runs dry. This feeds into a distillation vessel to recover your solvent which feeds into a collection vessel which is heated and this feeds the pump. On a large scale (I used to go up to multi-kg scale for the production of fine chemicals from natural products) you can use the hot column method which needs a peristaltic pump to force hot (not boiling) solvent vertically up through a column of your material. You can buy larger soxhlet extractors, however these will only do so much. Although I know the entire process is built upon extracting the material until there is nothing left to yield, Is their a faster process?ġA: Do they have an apparatus that is able to hold a larger quantity of material, say 100G of powdered herbs.ĢA: Is there a more efficient (time wise AND total extraction) process for extraction of larger quantities of material than Soxhlet for the garage chemist? Although the soxhlet extractor is capable of holding 500ml volume I can really only fit 25g or so worth of material in the apparatus at a time I could have however potentially fit more but I am concerned that filling the chamber above the siphon arm would decrease the extraction process.Ģ. The extractor only yields about 25g of material. However, I have run into a few stumbling blocks that really slow my progress down:ġ. ![]() I produce craft herbal medicines and for me extracting ALL of the constituents out of the herbs is really important, so the reflux process really caught my attention vs cold percolation/maceration etc.
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