Research and development
We discover valuable bioactive components of plants and their applications in research conducted by experts from the Supercritical Extraction Research Group.
We carry out the process of extraction with supercritical carbon dioxide of various types of plant materials on a research scale from entrusted or own purchased raw materials, and we implement R&D projects aimed at understanding the composition of active substances and their properties.
We cooperate with entrepreneurs who implement the results of our research in their products from the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. We can transfer extraction with supercritical carbon dioxide to an industrial scale.
Our offer includes:
- Extraction with supercritical carbon dioxide of substances from materials of plant origin (oils, resins, dyes, etc.).
- Analysis of the composition of plant extracts.
- Fractionation of extracts obtained by supercritical CO2 extraction.
- New technologies using supercritical fluids: micronization, encapsulation, catalytic processes, pyrolysis, oxidation in supercritical water.
- Research on the processes of preliminary preparation and extraction of natural raw materials.
- Optimization of parameters of supercritical extraction processes.
- Research on impregnation processes for polymers, especially those of natural origin.
- Research on the encapsulation processes of extracts.
- Research on biomass pyrolysis processes in supercritical conditions.
As part of the research center, we have:
– laboratory installation: (1L extractor) with the possibility of feeding a co-solvent (water, ethanol),
– quarter-technical installation (20L and 40L extractor) and semi-technical installation (two 40L extractors),
– laboratory installation for micronization (1L extractor) with the possibility of implementing the RESS (Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions) and SAS (Supercritical Antisolvent Process) processes.
We cooperate intensively with domestic and foreign research units, which include:
University of Warmia and Mazury
Medical University of Lublin
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
University of Agriculture Hugo Kołłątaj
University of Life Sciences Lublin
University of Technology and Humanities in Radom
Bialystok Technical University
University of Maria Curie Skłodowska in Lublin
Institute for Medicinal Plant Research “Dr. Josif Pančić", Serbia
University of Belgrade, Serbia
University of Niš, Serbia
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
Biovico Sp. z o.o.
Nes Pharma
Hortulanus company, Poland
University of Extremadura, Spain
BAFA company, Germany
University of Hohenheim, Germany
Vertigo Farms Sp. z o.o.
Prowana Sp. z o.o.
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Our international projects:
- HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022-IA-02 – Horizon Europe; Cooperative business models for the sustainable mobilization and valorization of agricultural residues, by-products, and waste in rural areas
- EUREKA/COMPLANT/5/2016 – NCBR; Comprehensive processing of plant extracts to obtain products with high added value. Comprehensive processing of plant extracts for high value added products
- EUREKA/SCIMPLANT/3/2019 – NCBR; Phytopreparations – natural materials with the addition of biologically active extracts produced by controlled-release supercritical extraction. Phytopreparations – natural materials with supercritical extracts for controlled release of active components
- EUREKA/GREENTECH/3/2022 – NCBR; Products with high added value using biologically active substances derived from supercritical plant extracts. Active substances from supercritical plant extracts for high value added products
- EUREKA/2021/114/NatBioPrep/2022 – NCBR; Natural products as a basis for ecological, sustainable preparations. Natural products as a base for ecological sustainable preparations
Our national projects
UMO-2022/44/C/ST4/00010; Sonatina NCN;
Purification of valuable components of supercritical extracts from brown algae as a new route to natural products
Miniatura 7;
Development of a technique for producing solanesol and carotenoids from residues after molecular distillation of supercritical extract from Nicotiana tabacum leaves based on countercurrent CPC/CCC separation techniques
Projekt 3;
Development of a technique for producing solanesol and carotenoids from residues after molecular distillation of supercritical extract from Nicotiana tabacum leaves based on countercurrent CPC/CCC separation techniques
Contact us to learn the details of the offer:
extraction@ins.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
dr inż. Dorota Kostrzewa
tel. +48 81 473 17 10, +48 603 680 252
email: dorota.kostrzewa@ins.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
Wybrane patenty
PL 226013 – Kompozycja kosmetyczna;
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PL 227376 – Sposób ciągłego frakcjonowania ekstraktów roślinnych
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PL 229514 – Sposób ekstrakcji surowców stałych lub ciekłych nadkrytycznym ditlenkiem węgla
PL 238 209 – Sposób oddestylowania związków lotnych z surowców o niskiej wilgotności
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P. 434104 – Zastosowanie ekstraktów roślinnych z kory i drewna wierzby wiciowej ( Salix viminalis) pozyskiwanych metodą ekstrakcji nadkrytycznej do wytwarzania preparatu w leczeniu parazytoz ludzi i zwierząt.
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P. 436 366 – Zastosowanie ekstraktów nadkrytycznych (scCO2 + H2O) pozyskanych z roślin Miscanthus do wytwarzania preparatów o działaniu przeciwwirusowym i wirusobójczym
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P. 434 684 – Sposób barwienia tkanin i materiałów polimerowych
P. 434 682 – Sposób ekstrakcji substancji polarnych pochodzenia roślinnego
P. 440 487 – Sposób poprawy własności użytkowych mąki z nasion roślin oleistych
P. 428 832 – Preparat o właściwościach przeciwgrzybowych do ochrony roślin i sposób jego otrzymywania