Abstract
This study established a new method for the isolation of tricin from extracts of sugarcane sludge i.e. the dried form of sugarcane distillery spentwash. Tricin (5,7,4′-trihydroxy-3′,5′-dimethoxyflavone) occurs in its glycosidic form in many grass species like wheat, barley, and maize. It also occurs in rice bran, bamboo and Sugarcane. Tricin is considered sufficiently safe for clinical development as a cancer chemopreventive agent, therefore it can be used for cancer prevention. In this study the major waste product of sugarcane industry was used. So this process also provided a way to utilize sugarcane sludge in a novel way. This method of isolation successfully separated tricin from the sugarcane sludge extract. It can be used further for such isolation purpose.
