Short Lecture "Valuable natural products from medicinal plant processing waste: content of shikimic acid in Ginkgo biloba production waste streams"

Industrial plant wastes from the production of herbal medicinal products and foodstuffs can be rich sources for valuable natural products. Herein, we show selected multistep extraction processes from Ginkgo biloba, with a focus on the proprietary extract EGb 761​ [1], and the qualitative composition of valuable natural products in the multiple waste streams. One major share of the waste streams is shikimic acid, a valuable starting material for the synthesis of e.g. oseltamivir, an antiviral drug. Other constituents in the waste streams comprise other organic acids, carbohydrates, polyphenols and terpenic compounds, among others. We present numbers on shikimic acid amounts with a perspective on feedstock recycling on an industrial scale [2].

 

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• References

• 1 Kulić Ž. et al. Front. Pharmacol 2022; 13: 1007746
• 2 Kulić Ž. et al. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023; 11: 4943-4947

Publication History

Article published online:
16 November 2023