Patent ID: 8916031

Claim:
A process to obtain tetracosanol from a tetracosanol-containing matter composition wherein said tetracosanol-containing matter composition comprises: 13-Epimanool 0.01-15% 8(17),E-13-epimanoy1-15-ol 0.01-15% Abietadiene 0.01-15% Abietal 0.1-15% Abietol 0.1-15% Agatadiol 0.1-55% Beta sitostanol 0-20% Beta sitosterol 0-20% Campestanol 0-20% Campesterol 0-20% Dehydroabietadiene 0.01-15% Dehydroabietal 0.1-15% Dehydroabietol 0.01-15% Docosanol 0.1-50% Eicosanol 0.1-30% Stigmasterol 0-20% Geranylgeraniol 0.1-15% Heneicosanol 0.01-30% Hexacosanol 0.1-51% Isoagatadiol 0.1-55% Isopimaradiene 0.1-15% Isopimaral 0.1-50% Isopimarol 0.1-50% Manool 0.01-15% Neoabietadiene 0.01-15% Neoabietal 0.01-15% Neoabietol 0.01-15% Octacosanol 0.1-40% Palustral 0.01-15% Pentacosanol 0.01-30% Pimaradiene 0.1-15% Pimaral 0.1-50% Pimarol 0.1-30% Sandaracopimaral 0.01-15% Sandaracopimaradiene 0.01-15% Sandaracopimarol 0.01-15% Squalene 0.01-15% Terpineol 0.01-15% Tetracosanol 0.1-60% trans-Comunal 0.01-15% trans-Comunol 0.1-45% trans-Pinosylvin dimethyl ester 0.1-50% Tricosanol 0.1-20% and wherein the process comprises the steps of: a) forming a mixture by contacting said matter composition with hexane and heating said mixture to form a solution of said matter composition in hexane; b) cooling down said solution to 10° C. or less to form a solid phase and a liquid phase; c) separating the solid phase from the liquid phase; and d) fractionating the solid phase through distillation to obtain a fraction comprising tetracosanol.