Preliminary separation and purification of resveratrol from extract of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) sprouts by macroporous adsorption resins

•A simple and efficient process was applied for preparation of resveratrol from PSE.•The content of resveratrol in the product was increased 17.9-fold.•The recovery yield of resveratrol in the product was 88.33%.•Adsorption mechanisms of resveratrol onto ADS-5 were systematically investigated. In the present study, the separation and purification characteristics of resveratrol from extract of peanut sprouts (PSE) on 11 macroporous adsorption resins were investigated. The results showed that ADS-5 offered better adsorption and desorption capacity for resveratrol than other tested resins. From the static experiments with ADS-5 resin, we found that the experimental data fitted best to the pseudo-second-order kinetics model and Langmuir isotherm model, and the adsorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The separation and purification parameters of resveratrol from PSE were optimised by dynamic adsorption/desorption experiments with the column packed with ADS-5 resin. Under the optimal conditions, after one run treatment with ADS-5 resin, the content of resveratrol in the product was increased 17.9-fold from 1.32% to 23.60%, with a recovery yield of 88.33%. The results demonstrated that ADS-5 resin was a promising basis for large-scale preliminary separation and purification of resveratrol from PSE.