Method of isolating sterols in commercial quantities from sterol-containing material
US4664807A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1985 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07J9/00
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of isolating sterols in commercial quantities from sterol-containing material by subjecting a solution of this material to a column-chromatographic separation; for isolating cholesterol from cholesterol-containing material, silica gel is preferably used as a column packing and a mixture of, for example, heptane and acetone is preferably used as an eluent.
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