Morinaga Co. Ltd.

Japan Spectroscopic Co., Ltd.

Kenkichi Sugiyama

Yuko Matsui

Masanori Kamei

Muneo Saito

Akio Wada

Shoko Sano

Provided are a piceatannol-containing composition which is a composition originating in a natural material and containing piceatannol at a high concentration, and a method of producing the piceatannol-containing composition. A piceatannol-containing composition which contains 0.0001 to 99.9% by mass of piceatannol is obtained by extracting passion fruit seeds. The extraction of piceatannol is carried out by grinding the passion fruit seeds, adding at least one solvent selected from an aqueous alcohol-based solvent and an aqueous ketone-based solvent and agitating to thereby extract piceatannol into the above-described solvent. In this case, it is preferable to conduct stepwise extraction by using both of the aqueous alcohol-based solvent and the aqueous ketone-based solvent.

Piceatannol-containing composition and method of producing piceatannol-containing composition

Provided are: a composition containing scirpusin B, which is a composition derived from a natural material and contains scirpusin B at a high content; and a process for producing the composition containing scirpusin B.A composition containing scirpusin B is produced by the extraction from a passion fruit seed. In the extraction of scirpusin B, the passion fruit seed is crushed, and subsequently at least one solvent selected from a hydrous alcohol solvent and a hydrous ketone solvent is added to the crushed product to thereby extract scirpusin B into the solvent.

Composition containing scirpusin B, and process for producing composition containing scirpusin B

An apparatus for analyzing a sample with a supercritical fluid includes a fluid container containing as an extraction solvent a fluid obtained by compressing and liquefying a substance which is a gas at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. A pump is provided for drawing the fluid from its container through a suction line and delivering it through a delivery line, while the heads of the pump are cooled by a cooling device. An extraction mechanism is provided for bringing the fluid in a supercritical state into contact with the sample to be analyzed and extracting a specific component or components from the sample. A trapping mechanism is provided downstream of the extraction mechanism for collecting the extracted component or components from the fluid. An analyzing mechanism can be connected to the trapping mechanism by changeover valves for analyzing the collected component or components.

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Yokohama, Japan

Kenkichi Sugiyama