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Spices - Extracting
So, in regards to spices, could one extract something useful, from, say, paprika or cinnamon? I read something once about a part of paprika being
soluble in a few solvents, maybe acetone or light oil. Cinnamon might work similarly. Obviously, both are impure, but they may have certain parts that
are soluble, and the cellulose and other junk could be filtered out.
Just an Idea!
Nathan
Edit:
It seems cinnamaldehyde can be formed (Extracted, I think) from cinnamon bark by soaking it in water for an hour.
[Edited on 4-15-2014 by The Volatile Chemist]
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you could be able to steam distill Cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon.
or seeing as it is soluble in ether and chloroform do a liquid-liquid extraction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamaldehyde
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Sounds great! Would acetone work? It's sorta the only solvent other than water I have. But I could always steam it.
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Caraway is interesting to steam distill:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=10766
The same process works well for cinnamon
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Paprika is probably best extracted with oil (something edible, obviously; light and low density, and neutral), in which case you get "spice
extractives of paprika" or "oleoresin capsicum" or something to that effect. Particularly, um, potent if done with one of the spicier varieties of
capsicum. Oh man, chipotle powder extract would be awesomely dangerous stuff.
Tim
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Quote: Originally posted by 12AX7  | Paprika is probably best extracted with oil (something edible, obviously; light and low density, and neutral), in which case you get "spice
extractives of paprika" or "oleoresin capsicum" or something to that effect. Particularly, um, potent if done with one of the spicier varieties of
capsicum. Oh man, chipotle powder extract would be awesomely dangerous stuff.
Tim |
This wasn't to be for eating... 
Hi Tim! Remember me? I'm the guy who asked all the stupid questions regarding cuprate 
Nathan
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In my organic lab course, we extracted eugenol from cloves by steam distillation.
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*waves*
Ah, well then, there's probably *something* useful in these materials.  Yes,
mostly lipophilic, so, take your pick, almost anything will do.
Tim
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Well thanks guys! This probably should have been in biochemistry, but I sorta forgot that forum section even existed...
Nathan
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I have also done this synthesis. I have also done a distillation of limonene from orange peel, and while this isn't a spice, it can be extracted
relatively easily, and it smells nice. 
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Pedantic moment: It's not a synthesis, it's an isolation. You aren't actually making the eugenol.
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Has anyone tried extracting linalool from basil? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linalool I know it's in there, I'm just not sure if it is present in appreciable amounts. Doesn't have to be super
pure, I just want to try to synthesize linalyl acetate.
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I suspect that this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriander
has a higher linalool content.
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I've done some steam distillations and Soxhlet extractions on floral field samples before. You could throw some flowers or fruit rind in there later
and extract aromatic essential oils.
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Basil oil has fairly high linalool content, though it depends on the cultivar and I suspect on the origin as well.
Coriander seed oil also has high linalool content. Not the plant itself, though.
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Interesting stuff on the linalool extraction, I'll try it! Thanks!
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