PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FUCOXANTHINOL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process for producing fucoxanthinol by which the fucoxanthinol is produced at a low cost and in high yield in a short time.

SOLUTION: Fucoxanthin and a first surfactant are dissolved in a first organic solvent which is then evaporated to dry the fucoxanthin and the surfactant. The resultant dry substance is subsequently dissolved in a pH buffer solution and a lipase is added to the pH buffer solution in which the dry substance is dissolved to carry out incubation at a prescribed temperature for only a prescribed time to produce unpurified fucoxanthinol. The resultant unpurified fucoxanthinol is then dissolved in a second organic solvent and developed by chromatography to thereby afford the purified fucoxanthinol.

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