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Method for extracting tobacco alkaloids
Assignee: British American Tobacco Germany GmbH
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Filing: 1991-01-29
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Granted: 1992-06-09
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Expires: 2011-01-29
Abstract
Abstract A method is described for extracting tobacco alkaloids from tobacco in which the tobacco alkaloids are extracted from the tobacco with carbon dioxide under supercritical conditions and the tobacco alkaloids separated from the carbon dioxide, wherein in the carbon dioxide for the extraction of the tobacco alkaloids from the tobacco is mixed with a solid 2 to 3-basic organic acid having a total of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a monoalkali or monoammonium salts thereof in order to appreciably shorten the extraction times.
Inventors
- 👤 Volker Heemann
- 👤 Gerald Schmekel
- 👤 Uwe Ehling
- 👤 Bernhard Hauser
- 👤 Casper H. Koene
- 👤 Helge Rabitz
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 15:36
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C59/00; C07C59/235; C07C59/245; C07C59/255; A; A24; A24B; A24B15/00; A24B15/18; A24B15/24; B; B01; B01D; B01D11/00; B01D11/02; B01D11/0203; C07C55/00; C07C55/02; C07C55/06; C07C55/08; C07C55/10; C07C55/12; C07C55/14; C07C59/265; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/54; Y10; Y10S; Y10S131/00; Y10S131/90
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A method for extracting tobacco alkaloids from tobacco comprising (a) mixing carbon dioxide with a solid 2- to 3- basic organic acid having a total of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a monoalkali metal salt or monoammonium salt of said organic acid, or a mixture thereof, to form an extraction solvent; (b) contacting tobacco with said extraction solvent under supercritical conditions to thereby extract tobacco alkaloids from the tobacco; and (c) separating the tobacco alkaloids from said extraction solvent.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
79 words
A method for extracting tobacco alkaloids from tobacco comprising (a) mixing carbon dioxide with a solid 2- to 3- basic organic acid having a total of 2 to 6 carbon atoms, a monoalkali metal salt or monoammonium salt of said organic acid, or a mixture thereof, to form an extraction solvent; (b) contacting tobacco with said extraction solvent under supercritical conditions to thereby extract tobacco alkaloids from the tobacco; and (c) separating the tobacco alkaloids from said extraction solvent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said tobacco alkaloid to be extracted from said tobacco is nicotine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the tobacco alkaloids are separated from the extraction solvent by means of an adsorbent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said adsorbent is selected from the group consisting of active charcoal, aluminum silicate and zeolites.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 4, wherein said adsorbent is a zeolite.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the tobacco alkaloids are separated from the extraction solvent by means of a chemisorbent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 6, wherein the chemisorbent is an ion exchanger.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 7, wherein said ion exchanger is an acidic ion exchanger.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 1, wherein an organic acid selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, mucic acid and citric acid, a monoalkali metal salt or monoammonium salt of said organic acid, or a mixture thereof, is mixed with the carbon dioxide to form the extraction solvent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method of claim 9, wherein a monoalkali metal salt selected from the group consisting of monoalkali metal oxalates, monoalkali metal malonates, monoalkali metal malates, monoalkali metal tartrates, and monoalkali metal citrates is mixed with the carbon dioxide to form the extraction solvent.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 10, wherein said monoalkali metal. salt is a monoalkali metal citrate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 11, wherein said monoalkali metal citrate is potassium monocitrate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the organic acid, its monoalkali metal salt or monoammonium salt, or mixture thereof, is added in saturation amounts to the carbon dioxide to form the extraction solvent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, wherein a monoalkali metal salt is added in saturation amounts to the carbon dioxide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 14, wherein the monoalkali metal salt is potassium monicitrate and the concentration of the potassium monocitrate in the carbon dioxide is about 0.02% by weight.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1, wherein following separation of the tobacco alkaloids from the extraction solvent, the extraction solvent is recycled to contact tobacco from which tobacco alkaloids are to be removed, thereby permitting continuous operation.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 16, wherein the recycled extraction solvent is mixed, prior to renewed contact with tobacco, with an organic acid, monoalkali metal salts or monoammonium salts of said organic acid or a mixture thereof.
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