The invention relates to a process for extracting erythricine from a gentianaceae
plant acting as a gentian source, which comprises the following steps: making
rhizome powder of raw gentian medicinal materials into coarse
powder, carrying out
reflux extraction in the environment of
alkaline water bath of 60-100 DEG C for 2-4 hours with a hydrophilic
organic solvent of which the amount is 2-20 times more than that of the coarse
powder, carrying out vacuum
filtration while hot, recovering the filtrate while depressurizing,
processing the obtained
solvent and reusing the processed
solvent, and
drying the extract while depressurizing to obtain a crude erythricine product 3; dissolving the crude erythricine product in a hydrophilic
solvent, extracting with a lipophilic
organic solvent according to a ratio of 2-4:1, recovering the hydrophilic
organic solvent layer while depressurizing, and
drying to obtain a crude erythricine product 2; and dissolving the crude erythricine product 2 in an acidic water solution, filtering to obtain a solution, enriching the solution with a resin column, and carrying out
chromatography with a
chromatographic column to obtain a refined erythricine product. The invention has the characteristics of simple process, low cost, low
pollution, high product yield and purity and the like.