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. 2017 Dec 15;7:17636. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17930-w

Table 1.

Extraction procedures.

Extraction A Extraction B Extraction C
Preparation A 5 mm steel ball was put in each sample tube. The tubes were put in aluminium holders (especially constructed for this purpose) and submerged in liquid nitrogen for 2 minutes.
Disintegration The sample tubes were quickly transferred to the ball mill and grinded for 2 min at 23 Hz. The samples were incubated with 100 µL 1 M NaOH at 95 °C for 10 min. When the tubes recovered to RT 100 µL 1 M HCl was added.
Incubation with methanol 1 mL of MeOH was added to each sample. The tubes were incubated in RT on a shaker for 24 hours. 1 mL of MeOH was added to each sample. The tubes were incubated in RT on a shaker for 20 hours. 1 mL of MeOH was added to each sample. The tubes were incubated in RT on a shaker for 20 hours.
Centrifugation and evaporation The samples were centrifuged at 1922 g for 10 min, 700 µL of the supernatant was transferred to new tubes and the methanol evaporated.  The samples were centrifuged at 1922 g for 10 min, 700 µL of the supernatant was transferred to new tubes and the methanol evaporated.  The samples were centrifuged at 1922 g for 10 min, 700 µL of the supernatant was transferred to new tubes and the methanol evaporated.

Abbreviations: MeOH, methanol; RT, room temperature; NaOH, sodium hydroxide; HCl, hydrochloric acid.