![]() ![]() In the extraction of medicinal mushrooms, water and/or high-proof alcohol-we use 190 proof USDA-certified organic cane alcohol at Mindfull Mycology-are the most commonly used solvents.Ĭan you guess what the boiling flask does? Ding, ding, ding…it boils your solvent! At Mindfull Mycology, we use a heating mantle like the one found here, though budget DIY options using heating plates and sand exist, too. This flask, usually composed of borosilicate glass, is where we place our solvent, that is, the liquid which will extract and dissolve the compounds we’re looking to capture during our extraction process. Now that you udnerstand why a Soxhlet is such a great piece of equipment, let’s give you the low down by breaking down the Soxhlet extractor into its basic components.īeginning at the bottom of the glassware, we first encounter what’s known as a boiling flask. On that note, I think I know of a company… So, next time you’re looking for a high quality medicinal mushroom extract, your best bet is to buy one from a company extracting 100% mushroom fruit bodies using a Soxhlet extractor and incorporating both a water and alcohol extraction step- known as a dual extract-into their final product. There are more reasons why the Soxhlet extraction process is leveling up the medicinal mushroom industry but by now you probably get the point: medicinal mushroom products extracted with a Soxhlet extractor are superior to products extracted using the homestyle dual extract or triple extract methodology. And more mushrooms into each bottle = more medicinal compounds in each dose.Ĭompared to homestyle extracts-like the one’s your local mushroom farmer may make with leftover mushrooms-you can expect Mindfull Mycology’s products to have more medicinal compounds per milliliter of extract. Simply put, what we’re saying is that the unique attributes of a Soxhlet extractor allow us to use a smaller amount of solvent to extract a larger amount of mushrooms than in a homestyle process. Our Soxhlet extractor pulls most of these lipids out, causing our Reishi extracts to appear opaque and almost milk-like. Ganoderic acids) known for their medicinal qualities. Reishi mushrooms, for example, contain more than 100 triterpenes (e.g. Third, because the Soxhlet extractor is a closed system, we’re able to heat 190 proof alcohol to its boiling point without danger, thereby allowing us to efficiently extract medicinal compounds that are insoluble in water like the highly desired triterpenes, phenolic compounds and fatty acids. At Mindfull Mycology, this allows us to use 10lbs of fresh mushrooms for every 1 liter of extract, a concentration level 2-8 times more potent than our competitors. Second, because the solvent percolates through the entirety of the mushroom and then returns to the boiling flask without any mushroom matter-other than the medicinal compounds- we can reuse a solvent multiple times while cycling in fresh mushroom powder. This constant contact between the heated solvent and the mushrooms increases the extraction’s efficiency compared to the classic homestyle dual extract process. So, what’s all this hoopla about after all? Well, a Soxhlet extractor offers extractors like me a few important benefits.įor one, using a Soxhlet extractor allows you to cycle the solvent through the dried mushrooms numerous times during each extraction process. I could imagine that if you do this with patchuli-oil or ylang maybe one could get out also interesting materials.Howdy, folks! It’s Sam the Soxhlet Extractor Man here to give you the lowdown on the Soxhlet’s subtleties. ![]() Take orange oil for example mainly Limonen will be collected but for me the interesting stuff would be the sinensal. With that technique one can destille greater amounts of essential oil and collect interesting fractions of the oil. In my school with reduced pressure plain water can boil at room temperature. Working under reduced pressure has the advantage that especially with our essential oils mainly they will boil under 100 degrees Celsius. What also would be very interesting if you have an essential oil you can make an destillation under reduced pressure with an tool attached to the apperatus which in germany is called "Spinne" (Spider) which allows to collect the different fractions under reduced pressure and not to change the bowls or something while cooking. Extracting with an Soxhlet is an interesting thing but i could imagine from that little plant material no great amounts of endproduct would come out. ![]()
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