Microwave Hydrodiffusion for Isolation of Natural Products

Apparatus for isolating natural products from biological material comprising a microwave oven comprising a flask for containing biological material, said flask having a filter and at least one opening facing downwardly such that the filter is above said opening, the microwave oven having an opening on a lower side of the microwave oven that allows the opening of the flask to extend from inside the oven to outside the oven, the flask being connected to a condenser, which condenser is connected to a receiving flask for collecting said natural products from the biological material.

Apparatus for the continuous isolation of natural products from biological material by microwave irradiation comprising

• a feed-through comprising an active transport mechanism for transporting biological material through a microwave oven, and a cooling system connected to a receiving flask, the cooling system and flask being placed under the microwave oven, said feed-through having a main body having a lower surface that, in the microwave oven, is permeable to isolates of said biological material to allow the isolates to drop out of the microwave oven into the receiving flask.