Techniques Adopted for Extraction of Natural Products Extraction Methods: Maceration, Percolation, Soxhlet Extraction, Turbo distillation, Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Abstract

From olden days diseases were alleviated and treated with the help of natural products obtained from plants, animals, micro-organisms. The use of natural extracts for medicinal use is from about 60,000 years back. From early times, Extraction of Natural products has presented great challenges and has developed a positive impact on the development of human civilization. These Extracts not only provide primary treatment of health in developing countries, but have attracted the developed countries due ever increasing health care cost. About most of the population use natural medicines for the treatment and prevention purpose [1]. From about 80 years, almost 50% of chemical drugs approved by FDA are inspired and derived by natural products [2, 3]. In terms of chirality, functional groups and structural complexity, natural products show more drugs like features [4, 5].