SBIR/STTR Research Award
Isolation and Purification of Michellamine B
Award amount
$72,150Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Thar Designs Inc.
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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Research abstract
We will use supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) to extract michellamine from the plant materialAnistrocladus korupensis. We will also separate the monomers and the dimers by manipulating thepressure and temperature of the extraction. To separate michellamin A from B, we have two uniquesolutions that have not been tried earlier. One would be using a unique stereospecific probe and theother is to use a chromatographic technique. We believe that at least one of them would work for sure.
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