Patent ID: 8349186

Claim:
A process for extracting one or more metabolites from an organic material, comprising an extraction step, comprising (A) extracting an organic material wherein the extracting comprises two extractions with different solvents or solvent mixtures comprising (a) extracting the organic material with a monophasic mixture of 50% by volume to 90% by volume of methanol and 50% by volume to 10% by volume of water and, optionally, 0% by volume to 40% by volume of a further solvent or solvent mixture; and (b) extracting the organic material with a monophasic unpolar solvent or solvent mixture; and (B) combining the extracts obtained from step (a) and step (b) to form one phase; wherein the extraction of step (a) and the extraction of step (b) are carried out in parallel or in succession.