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. 2022 Nov 3;22(1):275–308. doi: 10.1007/s11101-022-09845-w

Table 2.

Common solvents and extraction methods used to obtain isoflavonoid-rich extracts from Millettia species

Solvent used/Extraction condition Isolation method Class of isoflavonoid References
Methanol/RT RP-HPLC Prenylated isoflavones (46, 54, 106) Kikuchi et al. (2007)
Ethanol/RT RP-HPLC Prenylated isoflavones (91, 78, 102, 98); Rotenoid (136) Ye et al. (2012a)
CCC Rotenoid (127, 118, 137); Prenylated isoflavone (99) Ye et al. (2012a)
CC, VLC, P-TLC Aglycone isoflavones (12); Prenylated isoflavones (46, 47, 101, 48); Rotenoid (119126) Pancharoen et al. (2008)
95% Ethanol/RT Silica gel packed CC Isoflavan (3) Dat et al. (2019)
Aglycone isoflavones (9) Dat et al. (2019)
Glycosylated isoflavones (28, 29, 37, 40) Cheng et al. (2005); Dat et al. (2019)
Prenylated isoflavones (53, 91, 94, 84, 85, 87, 72) Ye et al. (2014)*
Sephadex LH-20 packed CC Glycosylated isoflavones (36, 37) Cheng et al. (2005)
Aglycone isoflavone (10) Tang et al. (2016)
CCC/HSCCC Prenylated isoflavones (45,45, 83, 97, 99, 73) Rotenoid (127, 118,137) Ye et al. (2014)*; Ye et al (2012a); Tang et al. (2016)*; Ye et al. (2008; 2012a)
SemiP-HPLC Prenylated isoflavone (91); Rotenoid (136)

Ye et al. (2010)

Ye et al. (2010)

95% Ethanol/Reflux P-HPLC Prenylated isoflavones (52) Gong et al. (2009)
ODS-CC Aglycone isoflavone (21)
Silica gel-CC Prenylated isoflavones (7274); Aglycone isoflavones (14, 8, 4)
HSCCC Rotenoids (118, 127, 137); Prenylated isoflavones (99) Ye te al. (2008)
Sephadex LH-20 CC and P-HPLC

Aglycone isoflavone (46)

Isoflavan (3)

Liao et al. (2013)
P-HPLC Aglycone isoflavone (9) Liao et al. (2013)
P-HPLC Glycosylated isoflavones (3035, 41, 42) Gong et al. (2014)
Sephadex LH-20 CC Glycosylated isoflavone (35)
95% Ethanol/Ultrasonic bath, RT Toyopearlgel HW-40F CC

Prenylated isoflavone (99, 103)

Rotenoids (118, 127, 116)

Tu et al. (2019)*
P-TLC Prenylated isoflavone (107, 104) Tu et al. (2020)
Rotenoids (142, 145) Tu et al. (2020)
Toyopearl gel HW-40F column chromatography Aglycone isoflavone (24) Tu et al. (2020)
P-HPLC Prenylated isoflavone (55, 107, 104); Rotenoid (116–118); Pterocarpans (147–149) Tu et al. (2020)
CHCl3/cold percolation Silica-CC Prenylated isoflavone (49, 75, 83–86, 92, 9496); Aglycone isoflavone (9, 15,16); Rotenoids (127129, 118, 137, 128, 118) Yenesew et al. (1997); Yenesew et al. (2003b); Yenesew et al. (1996)
Chloroform/RT (defatted with hexane) VLC-silica gel Prenylated isoflavone (94); Aglycone isoflavone (18) Yankeb et al. (2003)
Sephadex LH-20 CC Geranylated isoflavone (113) Yankeb et al. (2003)
VLC-silica gel and P-TLC Aglycone isoflavone (18, 23); Prenylated isoflavone (94, 96) Yankeb et al. (1997)
Silica gel-CC Prenylated isoflavone (59); Geranylated isoflavone (114, 112, 111, 115) Wanda et al. (2006)
Silica-CC, Prep-TLC Geranylated isoflavone (115, 111); Coumarins (146) Yankeb et al. (1998)
Silica-CC, Prep-TLC Rotenoids (144); Prenylated isoflavones (59, 105); Aglycone isoflavone (26) Yankeb et al. (2001)
P-TLC Prenylated isoflavones (91) Tu et al. (2019)*
Dichloromethane Silica-CC Rotenoids (132, 133, 141, 138); Prenylated isoflavones (91); Geranylated isoflavones (114) Yenesew et al. (2003b)
Sephadex-LH-20 CC Prenylated isoflavone (108, 96, 91); Aglycone isoflavone (25) Yenesew et al. (1998)
Dichloromethane/RT P-HPLC Aglycone isoflavone (19) Pailee et al. (2019)
CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1), CC-silica gel Rotenoids (118, 135, 133, 129); Aglycone isoflavones (16) Deyou et al. (2015)
Sephadex LH-20 Rotenoids (132, 134, 140); Aglycone isoflavones (16)
RP-HPLC Rotenoid (141, 133, 118)
P-TLC Aglycone isoflavone (11)
Dichloromethane/methanol (1:1 v/v)/cold percolation CC-silica gel Prenylated isoflavone (83–85, 96, 94, 97); Aglycone isoflavone (9) Buyinza et al. (2021)
CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1), CC on Sephadex LH-20; preparative HPLC Pterocarpans (151) Marco et al. (2017)
Silica gel-CC Prenylated isoflavone (95, 109, 92)
RP-HPLC Prenylated isoflavone (94)
CC on silica gel Aglycone isoflavones (23, 11)

Acetone/RT

Acetone/RT

Silica gel-CC Prenylated isoflavone (44, 47, 56, 60–66, 77, 78, 79, 88, 93, 80, 81, 89); Aglycone isoflavones (27); Rotenoid (121); Pterocarpans (149) Raksat et al. (2018)
Silica-CC, P-TLC Prenylated isoflavone (50, 57, 58) Ito et al. (2006)
EtOAc by cold percolation Silica-CC Rotenoids (132, 143) Yenesew et al. (1998)
Ethyl acetate Silica gel-CC Prenylated isoflavones (44, 47, 6062, 64, 6670, 78, 80–82, 90); Chromanochromenes (152154); Pterocarpans (150) Raksat et al. (2019)
n-hexane/RT VLC-silica gel, CC and P-TLC Geranylated isoflavones (110, 112); Prenylated isoflavones (95) Yankeb et al. (1997)

*Bioassay-guided isolations/fractionations