Method of separating sesamin and episesamin

摘要

A steam stripping fraction of sesame seed oil with increased concentration of sesamin and episesamin is used in a molecular distillation process to obtain a fraction containing more than 70 weight % of sesamin and episesamin. The steam stripping fraction is preferably obtained by a steam stripping process wherein the temperature (t DEG C.) of the sesame seed oil and the pressure (P mmHg) for the process are such that {(4.24x103)/(9.41-log P)}-273