Process for the production of allicin
AssigneeNeem Biotech Limited
InventorsDavid Michael Williams, Chandra Mohan Pant
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method for preparing allicin which comprises the following steps: (a) mechanically treating a natural source of alliinase to release alliinase therefrom; (b) contacting the mechanically treated alliinase source with an aqueous solution of allicin containing alliin at a concentration greater than that found in raw garlic, whereby the alliin is enzymatically converted to allicin by the alliinase released from the alliinase source; and optionally (c) extracting the resultant allicin into a low boiling point non-polar organic solvent.
Claims19
A method for preparing allicin which comprises the following steps:
- (a) mechanically treating a natural source of alliinase to release alliinase therefrom;
- (b) contacting the mechanically treated alliinase source with an aqueous solution of alliin containing alliin at a concentration greater than that found in raw garlic, whereby the alliin is enzymatically converted to allicin by the alliinase released from the alliinase source;
- and optionally
- (c) extracting the resultant allicin into a low boiling point non-polar organic solvent wherein the concentration of allicin in solution after the completion of step (b) is from 1% to about 2% w/v.
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