摘要 |
A solvent extraction process for the extraction of at least one polar component (e.g. a pharmaceutical product, an intermediate compound produced from the fermentation of a mycelial culture, an intermediate compound produced from the fermentation of a fungal culture and a product from a synthetic chemical reaction) from a material (e.g. a biomass), comprising the step of: (a) contacting the material with a solvent mixture comprising a non-chlorinated C1 to C4 fluorinated hydrocarbon and at least 0.25 wt% of a co-solvent having a dielectric constant at 20 DEG C of at least 5 so as to charge said solvent mixture with said at least one polar component and thereby prepare a charged solvent mixture; and (b) separating the charged solvent mixture from said material. |