Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Uses New Method to Produce High Quality Extracts from Plants
Vahid Fartashvand, the managing director of the Iranian knowledge-based company and a professor of Tehran-based Al-Zahra University presented the homogenizing device as one of achievements of his company at the AbadIran exhibition, the first edition of which was inaugurated on June 13, 2023 at Tehran's Grand Mosalla. The event brought together over 300 knowledge-based companies with the best ideas to eradicate deprivation from the country via technology.
“The machine is designed using a new technology that is used to extract components from plants,” he said in an interview with Iranian media on the sidelines of the exhibition.
“Using this method, we can extract from plants such as saffron and other medicinal plants, while maintaining the quality of the plant's natural components.Instead of heating the plants, we can industrially extract effective components and present them in the form of extracts,” the researcher also said.
According to him, heating the plants for extraction will reduce the quality of the products.
Stressing that extracting with their hemogenzing machine will preserve the quality of the plant, the project executive director pointed out that up-to-date technology is used in the design of their machine.
Fartashvand further underscored that a modern high-power ultrasonic technology was used in designing and manufacturing the device, adding,"Ultrasound is a wave that is higher than human hearing ability and has high power."
The managing director of the knowledge-based company went on to point to functional mechanism of the machine, adding, "When the desired plants enter the water, these waves are targeted by the waves and due to its high power which hit the water 20,000 times per second, and in this way, the effective compounents inside the plant will be extracted."
Pointing to the difference between this machine and ball-milling auxiliary extraction method, he said, "In ball mill method, materials enter the machine from one side and are crushed and crushed with a series of metal balls. This method is physical and on a micron scale, but our ultrasonic machine works on an atomic and molecular scale."
Fertashvand went on to say that their ultasonic machine extracts effective components without harming the plant tissue, and the quality and durability of the extracted substances are improved.
"This device is a general product, meaning that it can be used for different pusposes in various pharmaceutical, chemical and extraction industries," said Al-Zahra University professor.
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