Extraction and Purification of lignan compound from flax seed Linum usitatissimum

Essam F. Al-Jumaily, Ali O. A.

Abstract

The extraction and purification of lignan (Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, SDG) from flax seed (Linum usitatissium) was made by using following chromatographic techniques: Liquid-liquid chromatographic, ionexchange chromatographic, thin layer chromatographic (TLC) and high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC).