The invention provides a method for separating burdock oil,
arctiin,
arctigenin, lappaol E and lappaol H from burdock. The method for separating the burdock oil,
arctiin,
arctigenin, lappaol E and lappaol H from the burdock comprises the following steps: firstly
degreasing burdock through CO2
supercritical fluid extraction, separating to obtain the burdock oil and degreased burdock
powder, carrying out water-
alcohol extraction and concentration on the degreased burdock
powder to obtain extract, carrying out CH2Cl2 extraction on the extract, loading the extract onto a
silica gel column to be subjected to
chromatography, carrying out
dichloromethane-
methanol gradient elution, carrying out thin-layer
chromatography, and purifying, so as to obtain the
arctiin, lappaol E,
arctigenin and lappaol H. The method provided by the invention has the advantages that multiple products can be separated by adopting one continuous
route only, raw materials are fully utilized, resources are saved, a
degreasing process does not pollute the environment, the obtained burdock oil has high nutritive value, and the arctiin, arctigenin, lappaol E and lappaol H are high in purity and can be independently or mixed with other substances to be applied to the medicinal and edible field as raw materials.