METHOD FOR EXTRACTING CAPSAICINOID-LIKE SUBSTANCE FROM CAYENNE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for industrially advantageously extracting high- purity capsaicinoid-like substances from cayenne in high yield. SOLUTION: This method for extracting capsaicinoid-like substances comprises extraction treatment of cayenne especially a nonacrid-fixed breed thereof using carbon dioxide in or near the critical state as the extraction solvent in the presence of an adsorbent such as a silica gel. Preferably, yield can be increased by previously admixing the cayenne with oils and fats and extracting the objective substances therefrom.