The invention discloses a method for non
column chromatography separation and purification of witloof acid from an Echinacea purpurea extractive. The method comprises the following steps: adding an extract
solvent in 3-5% of weighed Echinacea purpurea extractive, and adding acid to regulate the pH to 2-4, carrying out ultrasonic extraction, and centrifuging so as to obtain supernate; adding 0.1-0.3g of inorganic mixed salt in each milliliter of supernate; stirring, carrying out ultrasonic
dissolution, and centrifuging so that the solution is divided into upper and lower phases, the volume ratio of the upper phase to the lower phase is 1:(8-12), and the witloof acid is distributed on the upper phase, thereby achieving the separation and enrichment of the witloof acid; and adding chloroformand absolute ethyl
alcohol in the upper phase solution for decompression
evaporation so as to obtain a deep yellow
powder with 25-40% of witloof acid, wherein the volume of the
chloroform and absolute ethyl
alcohol is 2-3 times as much as that of the upper phase solution. By using the method in the invention, the purity of the witloof acid is improved by almost 11 times as compared with that of the witloof acid in the
raw material, thereby effectively reducing the cost. The used
organic solvent and salt can be recycled, thereby effectively saving the cost.