Purification of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) by Density Gradient Supercritical $CO_2$ Chromatography

밀도구배 초임계 $CO_2$ 크로마토그래피에 의한 Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) 정제

  • 유병삼 (아주대학교 공과대학 환경·생물공학부) ;
  • 변상요 (아주대학교 공과대학 환경·생물공학부)
  • Published : 1999.02.01

Abstract

Supercritical $CO_2$ chromatography was applied for purification of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from fish oil. Various supercritical $CO_2$ pressures were tested to find out the pressure effects on solubility and selectivity of low fatty acids in the silver nitrate column. The solubility of low fatty acids was increased as the supercntical $CO_2$ Pressure increased. However, the selectiviy between low fatty acids and EPA waw decreased. Stepwise density gradient method was applied to increase the purification efficiency of EPA. Low fatty acids were easily separated at the early elution steps with low $CO_2$ densities. Successive fractions containing 92.1~97.8% of EPA were collected. The average concentration of three purified fractions was 95.6% with the recovery rate of 30%.

이산화탄소를 용매로하는 초임계유체 크로마토그래퍼(SFC)방법을 이용하여 어유로부터 EPA및 DHA를 고순도로 분리정제하는 연구를 하였다. 질산은 칼럼을 이용하는 초임계 이산화탄소의 초기 압력조건 변화가 저 지방산의 용해도 및 분리도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였는데 압력이 증가될수록 저지방산의 용해도는 증가되었고, 반면에 EPA와의 분리도는 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. EPA의 분리정제 효율을 높이기 위해 초임계 이산화탄소에 대한 단계별 밀도구매 방법을 적용하였다. 적용 결과 초기에 저지방산이 먼저 분리되었고, 계속해서 92.1%~97.8%EPA 순도를 갖는 분획들을 얻을 수 있었다. 순도가 높은 3개의 분획의 평균 순도는 95.6%이었고 회수율은 30%에 달하였다.

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