FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 110-114.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201206024

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Separation and Purification of Cordycepin from Spent Solid Culture Medium after Harvesting Cordyceps militaris Fruit Bodies by Macroporous Resin Adsorption

HU Xia1,2,XIE Hong-qi1,LUO Wei1,XIA Zhi-lan1,LIU Dong-bo1,*   

  1. (1. Sub-health Intervention Technology Laboratory, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Horticulture and Landscape, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; 2. Changsha Subcenter of National Center of Citrus Improvement, Changsha 410128, China )
  • Online:2012-03-25 Published:2012-03-03

Abstract: The adsorption and desorption characteristics of macroporous resins D101, AB-8, HPD-100, HPD-400, HPD-500, HPD-722 and DM130 for cordycepin from spent solid culture medium after harvesting Cordyceps militaris fruit bodies were comparatively investigated. The results showed that HPD-100 was the best resin for the purification of cordycepin from the spent culture medium. The optimal separation and purification conditions were cordycepin concentration of 0.6 mg/mL, sample loading amount of 6 BV, sample loading flow rate of 3 BV/h, 4 BV of 25% ethanol as desorbent, and desorption flow rate of 2 BV/h. Under these conditions, the purity of cordycepin could reach up to 14.1%, which was 8 times higher than before purification.

Key words: cordycepin, Cordyceps militaris, macroporous resin

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